“…Mlalabsorption due to intestinal ischaemia may possibly be caused by abnormalities of lymph flow (De Langen, 1953) or mucosal damage (Joske et al, 1958;Shaw and Maynard, 1958). Protein-losiing gastroenteropathy (Davidson et al, 1961) and fat malabsorption (Vaughan Jones, 1961) are known to occur in chronic congestive heart failure, which may also cause steatorrhoea due to pancreatic insufficiency (MIasoni and Pelligrini, 1953 ;Nicol, 1961), and lymphatic (lacteal) dilatation has been demonstrated in idiopathic hypoproteinaemia (Gordon et al, 1959).…”