CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PACE 



I. ' COLIC,' ITS DEFINrnON - I 



II. SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE ABDOMEN - 6 



III. HOW TO EXAMINE THE PATIENT 21 



IV. ETIOLOGY : GENERAL PREDISPOSING CAUSES 28 

 V. ETIOLOGY : GENERAL EXCITING CAUSES 35 



VI. GASTRIC IMPACTION (GORGED STOMACH, GRASS 



STAGGERS, OR STOMACH STAGGERS) , 47 



VII. GASTRIC TYMPANY (gaSTRECTASIS, OR DILATA- 

 TION OF THE stomach) 52 

 VIII. RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH (GASTRORRHEXIS) 73 

 IX. SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE DOUBLE COLON 

 (impaction OF THE INTESTINES, IMPACTION 

 OF THE COLON, STOPPAGE OF THE BOWELS) 80 

 X. SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE PELVIC 



FLEXURE OF THE DOUBLE COLON 1 23 



XI. SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE SINGLE COLON 137 

 XII. SUBACUTE OBSTRUCTION OF THE SMALL INTES- 

 TINES 147 

 XIII. INTESTINAL IRRIGATION IN OBSTRUCTIONS OF 



THE COLON - 161 



XIV. THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL 



OBSTRUCTIONS '73 



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