stomach tube

A flexible tube inserted into the stomach through which liquid food is passed.

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The emptying of a dilated stomach by means of a stomach-tube will sometimes bring to prominence a gastric tumor.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
The use of the stomach-tube simply for diagnostic purposes is, for various reasons, not always practicable.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
A stomach-tube would have solved the difficulty, but, of course, I had not one with me.
The Mystery of 31 New Inn|R. Austin Freeman
Recent or threatened hemorrhage from the stomach would contraindicate the use of the stomach-tube.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

Stomach-tube to be used with care, owing to softened state of gullet and stomach.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology|W. G. Aitchison Robertson