Intestinal obstruction : its varieties with their pathology, diagnosis, and treatment / by Frederick Treves.

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1884
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    Stricture. Obstruction by neoplasms. Compression by tumours, etc., external to the bowel. Obstniction by gall stones and foreign bodies. Obstruction by enteroliths. Obstruction by fascal masses. CHAPTER II. SOME ESPECIAL FEATURES IN THE ETIOLOGY OF INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION. Into the very wide and complicated subject of the general etiology of intestinal obstruction I do not propose to enter in this place, since the more impor- tant features in the causation of the various forms of stoppage of the bowels are detailed in the account given of those difi'erent forms when considered individually. There are, however, certain phases of the matter that are well worthy of a separate consideration upon special gi-oimds, and among these may be taken the influence of the following affections in producino- intestinal obstruction, viz.: ° Peritonitis. Strangulated hernia. Mesenteric gland disease. The important subject of the influence of ulcera- tion of the intestine in producing occlusion is fully considered in the chapter on stricture. Pci-itonitis.-It is well known that in this affection, and especially in what is known as the adhesive form, a fibrinous exudation appears upon the surface of the inflamed membrane. Any two surfaces so affected may, through the medium of the