Physiology
The obstruction of a section of intestine causes ineffective bile salt mediated digestion of fats, causing fatty stools and poor absorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin B12 deficiency may occur because the increased bacterial population can consume the vitamin.
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“A physicians physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a clerics divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.”
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