Foreword to the English Edition: Kenneth Lossing, D.O.

Preface to the English Edition

Foreword to the French Edition – 1 992: Robert Kriwin, D.O.

Preface to the French Edition – 1 992

PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE VISCERAL DYNAMICS

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Applied Anatomy and Physiology

The diaphragmatic mechanism

Hemodynamics and visceral dynamics

Review of gastrointestinal physiology

Clinical correlations

Chapter 3: Summary of the Visceral Dynamics

The gastrointestinal tract

The liver, kidneys, pancreas, and spleen

Chapter 4: Foundations for the Normalizations

The fascia

Basic principles of our visceral approach

PART 2: THE NORMALIZATIONS

Chapter 5: Key Points for the Normalizations

Chapter 6: The Visceral Normalizations

Normalization for the area of the stomach

Normalization for the area of the duodenum

Normalization for the area of the jejunum and ileum

Normalization for the area of the ileocecal valve

Normalization for the area of the colon

Normalization for the area of the liver

Normalization for the area of the kidney

Normalization for the area of the spleen

Normalization for the area of the pancreas

PART 3: A CLINICAL APPLICATION

Chapter 7: Osteopathic Approach to Hiatal Hernia and Gastroesophageal Reflux

Review of anatomy and physiology

Research and clinical applications

Osteopathic treatment

PART 4: BIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE VISCERAL DYNAMICS

Chapter 8: Introduction to the Research

Methodology

Chapter 9: Dynamics of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Radiological examinations of the gastrointestinal tract

Potential sources of error

The visceral dynamics

Biometric analysis of the gastrointestinal dynamics

Chapter 10: Dynamics of the Liver, Kidneys, Pancreas, and Spleen

Potential sources of error

Methodology

Biometric analysis of the dynamics of the liver, kidneys,

pancreas, and spleen

Afterword to the French Edition – 1992

Afterword: Summary of Further Research – 2000

Selected Bibliography

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