| Sensory neurons relay information regarding distention and acidity to the central nervous system. |
| Yerba Buena is an important medicinal plant. Primarily a pain reliever, it is also used in gaseous distention and as mouthwash. |
| These recommendations apply also to distention complicating pneumonia or other acute toxemias. |
| Abdominal distention with bilious vomiting is observed within the first 24 hours after birth. |
| Acute hydramnios, in which fluids collect quickly and cause rapid distention of the uterus, is rare. |
| The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree. |
