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Stomach washout may be achieved by the simple procedure of passing a tube into the stomach and pouring in fluid through a funnel, and then lowering the tube to siphon out the contents. Automated versions exist which provide a washing cycle, and such devices may also be adapted for investigation purposes in which samples of stomach contents are removed at intervals into vials for examination.
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