Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7736910.17816/kazmj77369MiscellaneousOn abdominal incisionsTimofeevA.info@eco-vector.com150919272399669660408202104082021Copyright © 1927, Timofeev A.1927<p>The authors are against morphine as a preparatory agent before anesthesia and prefer ether anesthesia with preliminary preparation of the patient with atropine. Hunger diet, laxatives and enemas before surgery they consider unnecessary. To reduce postoperative acetoneemia it is advisable to prescribe carbohydrate-rich food in the last day before surgery. The authors attribute an important physiological role to the mesentery in protecting the abdominal organs from irritations arising from the disruption of normal relations in the gastrointestinal tract.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив