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*#. In the large intestines. I have seen all the intes- 

 tines perfectly glued together by adhesions* in chronic pe- 

 ritonitis; they could not be separated. 



Q. To what is the abdominal swelling in puerperal 

 fever owing? 



*tf. To a distention of the cellular texture subjacent to 

 the serous membranes. 



Q. What symptoms are peculiar to puerperal perito- 

 nitis? 



./?. The condition of the breasts, and the lochial dis- 

 charge. 



Q. Whence does ascites originate? 



*#. From idiopathic and symptomatic chronic inflam- 

 mation of the peritoneum. The hydrocele is from acute 

 or chronic inflammation of the tunica vaginalis. 



Q. What are the diseases of the arachnoid membrane? 



Ji. Phrenitis, hydrocephalus. 



Q. Are there not other seats of these diseases in the 

 brain than the arachnoid membrane? 



*fl. As the other tissues in the cranium are not suscepti- 

 ble of inflammation, the answer is in the negative. 



