Chapter 1 ANATOMY：GROSS AND MICROSCOPIC 1
Chapter 2 PHYSIOLOGY 43
Chapter 3 ROENTGEN EXAMINATION OF THE NORMAL ESOPHAGUS 52
Chapter 4 ESOPHAGOSCOPY AND ESOPHAGOSCOPIC BIOPSY 80
Chapter 5 INSTRUMENTAL EXPLORATION(BOUGIENAGE) 117
Chapter 6 CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS 123
Chapter 7 ALTERATIONS IN POSITION，CHANGES IN CONTOUR，AND COMPRESSION 154
Chapter 8 ESOPHAGOSPASM 173
Chapter 9 MEGA-ESOPHAGUS(ACHALASIA) 199
Chapter 10 ATONY AND PARALYSIS 236
Chapter 11 DIVERTICULA 247
Chapter 12 ABNORMALITIES OF THE VEINS 276
Chapter 13 ACUTE AND CHRONIC NONSPECIFIC ESOPHAGITIS 292
Chapter 14 ESOPHAGEAL ABSCESS，PHLEGMONOUS ESOPHAGITIS，PERIESOPHAGITIS，AND MEDIASTINITIS 308
Chapter 15 NONSPECIFIC ULCERATIONS 320
Chapter 16 SPECIFIC INFECTIONS 333
Chapter 17 DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES 352
Chapter 18 ACUTE CORROSIVE ESOPHAGITIS(CHEMICAL BURNS) 358
Chapter 19 CICATRICIAL STENOSIS(STRICTURE) 376
Chapter 20 ESOPHAGEAL SUBSTITUTION 397
Chapter 21 ACQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE AIR PASSAGES(ESOPHAGOTRACHEAL AND ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULAE) 419
Chapter 22 RUPTURE AND EXTERNAL INJURY 435
Chapter 23 INSTRUMENTAL PERFORATIONS(ENDOSCOPIC INJURIES，ETC．) 443
Chapter 24 FOREIGN BODIES 456
Chapter 25 EXTRACTION OF FOREIGN BODIES FROM THE ESOPHAGUS 469
Chapter 26 BENIGN TUMORS 490
Chapter 27 MALIGNANT TUMORS 502
Chapter 28 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS 535
Chapter 29 IRRADIATION TREATMENT OF CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS 575
Appendix：Diets and Tube Feedings 591
Bibliography 597
Index 671