INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 



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quick, small, and wiry. He looks toward his flanks; the bowels 

 are costive ; after a time pain sets in, and is continuous and vio- 

 lent ; he rolls about, the sweat pouring from him in streams ; the 

 eyes are blood-shot ; the belly hot and tender. He does not throw 

 himself violently down, as in colic, but lies down cautiously, and 

 tries to steady himself on his back. As it goes on, the symptoms 

 are augmented, the legs and ears get deathly cold, the pulse be- 

 comes weaker, and soon is imperceptible ; the mouth gets cold and 

 clammy; extravasation of blood is going on in the bowels; morti- 



FIG. 787. First stage of Inflammation of the Bowels. 



fication sets in, the pain ceases, and he may stand up. He is dull 

 and stupid, surface of the body cold, mouth cold, twitching of the 

 muscles, and retraction of the upper lip. He soon falls violently 

 to the ground, endangering the lives and limbs of the attendants 

 who happen to be near him, and after a few struggles expires. 

 After death, the bowels are very much inflamed, and the inner 

 surface black and clotted with extra vasated blood. Death some- 

 times occurs in from six to eight hours, and even in shorter time. 

 When occurring in consequence of colic or constipation, it is very 

 difficult to determine the exact transition from spasm to inflam- 

 mation. 



