PAHT IV. 



CHAPTER 30. 



COLIC AND INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES. 



533. Coats of the Stomach and Intestines. 634. Distinction belweeii 

 Colic and Inflammation of the Intestines, 535. Seat of Colic. 536. 

 Signs of Colic. 537. Distinction in symptoms between Colic and Inflam- 

 mation of the Intestines. 538. Causes of Colic. 539. Terminations of 

 Colic. 540. Treatment of Colic. 541. Inflammation of the Intes- 

 tines. — Peritonitis and Enteritis. 542. Symptoms. 543. Causes. 544. 

 Treatment. 545. Terminations. 546. After-treatment. 



533. Coats of the Stomach and Intestines. 



The digestive apparatus generally, that is the stomach and intestines, 

 Loth large and small, is furnished with three coats. 



The outer coat is composed of serous membrane, a shining lubricating 

 substance, which is useful in preventing the parts from becoming ad- 

 herent to each other or to the walls of the cavity of the abdomen. The 

 second or middle coat is muscular. The third or inner lining is com- 

 posed of mucous membrane. The peculiar arrangement of the mucous 

 membrane of the stomach is described in Chapter 4. All these three 

 coats are more or less vascular, but the great mass of the blood-vessels 

 are situated on the inner surface of the muscular coat immediately under 

 the inner lining membrane. 



534. Distinction between Colic and Inflammation of the Intestines. 



All those diseases, such as colic or gripes, intussusception, or entangle- 

 ment of one portion of one gut with another portion, peritonitis or in- 

 flammation of the serous membrane, enteritis or inHammation of the 

 muscular and mucous membrane, and other such like aifections, though 

 they are known by many names according to the particular part or mem- 

 brane attacked, may be simply classified under two heads, namely Colie 

 and Inflammation of the Stomach and Intestines. 



These two diseases admit of an easy and general definition. Colic is 



