Double-contrast barium enema Double-contrast barium enema A double-contrast barium enema is a form of contrast radiography in which x-rays of the colon and rectum are taken using two forms of contrast to make the structures easier to see. A liquid containing barium (that is, a radiocontrast agent) is put into the rectum. Barium is a silver-white metallic compound that outlines the colon and rectum on an x-ray and helps show abnormalities. Air is also put into the rectum and colon to further enhance the x-ray. Double-contrast barium enemas are less invasive than a colonoscopy and have comparatively fewer issues in a viable large
Joseph Colon Trabotto forgiveness of Capsali. Trabotto died in Pavia at the age of about sixty. Most references agree on his year of death, although one lists it as 1484, four years later than generally accepted. Joseph Colon Trabotto Joseph Colon ben Solomon Trabotto, also known as Maharik, (c. 1420 in Chambéry – 1480) was a 15th-century rabbi who is considered Italy's foremost Judaic scholar and Talmudist of his era. Colon (whose name is related to the French word "", or 'dove') was a scion of the Trabotto family, which traced its lineage to Rashi and was known for its large number of