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the twist. At the same time, moving the pelvic flexure 

 in this way serves to show, at the point marked with a 

 white cross, the particular length of small intestine which 

 in this case protruded a gas-distended knuckle into the 

 pelvis, and so baffled attempts at a correct diagnosis 

 (see also 2, Fig. 29). 



In concluding this chapter it may be mentioned that 

 it is somewhat difficult to determine whether to call this 



Fig. 30. — Torsion- of the Pelvic Flexure of the Double 

 Colon. 



A further photograph of the same case as Fig. 29. i, The twisted 

 pelvic flexure ; x small intestine. 



condition ' Torsion,' as we have done, or whether to 

 term it ' Flexion,' as discussed in the previous chapter. 

 By whatever name we elect to call it, however, it is 

 worthy of being dealt with as a separate entity, if only 

 for the reason that it is of comparatively frequent occur- 

 rence. Moreover, it is only in this way that we may 

 look for an advance in our knowledge concerning its 

 symptomatology and eventually its treatment. 



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