Appendicitis and perityphlitis

Front matter

By Charles Talamon, M, D x 0c i<.

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Nervous Exhaustion.

I. Page Historical and Critical Resume 1-24

1. The Typhlitis of Albers of Bonn 2

2. Perityphlitis and Iliac Phlegmon 4

3. The Stercoral Engorgement of the Caecum 8

4. Ileo-caecal Perforations 11

5. The Appendicitis of the American Authorities. ... 14

6. Appendicular Colic 19

7. The Part of the Caecum 22

II. The Lesions 25-63

8. The Vermiform Appendix 25

9. Scybala 30

10. The Microbes and their Role 37

11. Lesions of the Walls of the Appendix 44

12. Peri-appendicular Lesions 51

13. The Perityphlitic Abscess 58

III. The Causes 64-75

14. Predisposing Causes 64

15. Occasional Causes 73

IV. The Symptoms 76-144

16. Hyperacute Perforative Appendicitis 79

17. Simple Parietal Appendicitis with Appendicular

Colic 88

18. Acute Appendicitis with Localized Peritonitis 98

19. Subacute Appendicitis 112

20. Chronic Relapsing Appendicitis 120

21. Gravity of the Different Varieties of Appendicitis 137

V. Page The Errors of Diagnosis 145-179

22. The Pain 147

23. Phenomena of Internal Strangulation 155

24. The General Symptoms 158

25. The Tumor 162

26. Diagnosis of the Forms of Appendicitis 170