Show lives without stomach london A man can live and thrive without a stomach provided that not too many of the pancreatic glands are cut aft ay this has been probed by an operation of removing the stomach and stitching the upper part of the small intestine to the gullet performed in the batley hospital in leeds and now reported in the british medical journal the man on whom the operation was out was in such a condition that the removal of the stomach gave alm his only chance of life the doctors decided to give him that chance and cut away the stomach bit by bit until it was completely removed aa some of the pancreatic glands could be saved the patient was not without digestive juices and soon could tale nourishment after 24 hours he took some water and the quantities were gradually increased milk and tea were added and at the end of 10 days he could have as much food as he asked for solid food was talen at the end of a fortnight after a month the man was out of bed and eating ordinary food though in small quantities and often an xray examination after five months showed that the operation was entire ly successful and at present the patient appears to be in good health and able to do a reasonable amount of work he enjoys bis food the operation Is regarded as a surgical man el |