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The patient had enjoyed robust health until a few months previously, when he began to have attacks of colicky pain in the abdomen and had to resort to the use of purgatives. A fortnight previously the pain became much more severe, and there had been complete obstruction of the bowels for eight days; vomiting had set in and was progressive in cha- racter. His abdomen was distended and tympanitic, while vigorous peristaltic movements could be seen and felt thlrough the parietes. These were accompanied bi a sharp increase of the pain. The rectum was emzpty. His pulse was of good quality, and his general condition, apart from the obstruction, satisfactory, but as the usual medical measures had failed to give relief it was thought best to operate forthwith. The abdomen was opened in the middle line below the umbilicus and a thorough but ineffectual search made to find the obstruction. All that could be ascertained with certainty was that it was lower than the transverse colon. A second smaller opening was made over the caecum, and through this a portion of the distended ascendling colon was withdrawn and stitched to the skin. Before introducing a Paul's tube the central wound was closed

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Author

Willan, R. J.

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ; London: BMJ Pub. Group, [2000?]- (ISSN 0959-8138)

Published

1913

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)