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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... Ligature in treatment of fistula, 101; instruments for passing the liga-ture in fistula, 101. Loin, colotomy in, 179; condition of artificial anus in, 233. Lyell, Dr., case of long duration of life in imperforation, 224. Martin, Sir Ranald, on rarity of stricture after dysentery, 129. Mason, Dr., colotomy in stricture, 153. Mayo, his case of bleeding after too tight ligature of polypus of the rectum, 80; his case of haemor-rhage after division of a stricture, 140. Melanotic cancer, 174. Miller, Dr., case of imperforate anus with rectum opening into urethra, 210. Miriel, case of lady with artificial anus in the groin, 232. Morgagni, case of a woman who lived to one hundred passing all her feces by vagina, 211. Nelaton, remarks on the removal of piles with the ecraseur, 59. Obstruction in stricture, 131, 175; operations for, 176; after operation for imperforation, 226. Pelvis, contractions of, in congenital deficiency of rectum, 201. Pennell's case of colotomy, 179, 183. Perineum, author's case of rectum opening into, 217. Petit, case of operation in imperforate anus, 202. Piles, attacks of, 39; bleeding piles, 40. Polypus, 78; symptoms of in chil-dren, 79; treatment of, 79; danger of bleeding after excision of, 80; fibrous, in adults, 82; ulceration of, 83; removal of, by ecraseur, 83." Pregnancy, haemorrhoids in, 34. Prolapsus, 66; in children, 68; in adults, 69; combined with internal piles, 69; strangulation of, 70; bleeding from, 71; treatment in children, 72; treatment in adults, 74; cure by escharotics, 74; danger disease of middle life, 129; symp-toms of, 129; mode of examining, 132; excrescences of mucous mem-brane in, 133; difficulty of detect-ing when high up, 135, 141; treatment of, by gradual dilatation, 137; by forcible dilatation, 138; by inc...
