Intestinal Obstruction The Jacksonian Prize Essay 1883

Excerpt from Intestinal Obstruction: Its Varieties With Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment; The Jacksonian Prize Essay of the Royal College of England, 1883 The importance of the subject of Intestinal Obstruction may be, in one way, estimated by the circumstance that over two thousand individuals die every year in England alone from various forms of obstruction of the bowels, exclusive of hernia. In the following work I have based the classification of the different varieties of Intestinal Obstruction upon pathological grounds rather than upon clinical distinctions. This has been done for two reasons. In the first place, the knowledge of the morbid anatomy of Intestinal Obstruction is much more extensive and precise than is the knowledge of its clinical history; and, secondly, the arrangement is more convenient, inasmuch as it avoids much repetition which would otherwise be necessary. A classification, however, based upon purely clinical grounds is extremely desirable, and this classification I have attempted in the chapters upon diagnosis. In the consideration of the various forms of the present affection I have dealt first with the pathological aspect of the case, then with the symptoms, and finally with the prognosis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.