FOOD MASSAGED.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10472, 30 December 1927, Page 3

FOOD MASSAGED.

. FED THROUGH SKIN. > ;. ! -VIENNA, December 15. It is now possible for patients who cannot take food, in the ordinary way to bo fed . through the pores of the skiri; asserts Dl’.- Stejskai, who yesterday demoust'rated liis method , to the Society for Diseases of the Dig-, estion and Metabolism., .' . : (He claims to have succeeded in .nourishing- a large number of pati- | ents through the skin after experiments extending over a year,. Artificial feeding through injections into the blood and digestive tract lie re-. gards as unsatisfactory,- as the lood thus given is inconipietely absorbed- ' ’• ( It is generally accepted a fact, declares! Dr. Stejsliai, that some fats ’can be absorbed through the skin. With this knowledge to guide him, he lias compounded a mixture of fat, •pfoteiin sugar,- and the necessary vitamines; massaging this concentrated food into the skin, • . t The importane of the d scovevy is hard to over-estimate, as the digestive organs ,of a pjatient can be rested for long periods while the bodily heat and strength are kept, up by nourishment absorbed through the pores.