Among the tests used to determine the cause of your pet's vomiting are X-rays, barium X-rays, toxicology testing, fluoroscopy, esophagoscopy, muscle biopsy, and food allergy testing. X-rays are often done first to exclude the possibility of a foreign object in the stomach, such as a sock or tennis ball.
Scholastic(adj) pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Scholastic(adj) of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
High Scholasticism (12thâ13th centuries) developed in the medieval universities, with its major center at the University of Paris. In the school of Chartres, Platonism was invested with a bold naturalist interpretation, which in many ways foreshadowed the ideas of the Renaissance.