Excerpt from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1912, Vol. 143 Table I shows the causes of fluid as found in the peritoneum in 2217 cases at autopsy. A quart or more of fluid was present in all these cases. Cases of septic peritonitis and hemoperitoneum are omitted. The bulk of the remaining cases are due, as was antici pated, to one of five causes: Cardiac weakness, nephritis, abdominal neoplasms, cirrhotic liver and tuberculous peritonitis. I am uncertain whether the cases of adherent pericardium ...
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Excerpt from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1912, Vol. 143 Table I shows the causes of fluid as found in the peritoneum in 2217 cases at autopsy. A quart or more of fluid was present in all these cases. Cases of septic peritonitis and hemoperitoneum are omitted. The bulk of the remaining cases are due, as was antici pated, to one of five causes: Cardiac weakness, nephritis, abdominal neoplasms, cirrhotic liver and tuberculous peritonitis. I am uncertain whether the cases of adherent pericardium (all of which were associated with extensive peritoneal thickening) should be classed with the Cases of cardiac weakness, or with those of chronic peritonitis. Of the other items in the list, the one most surprising to me is puerperal eclampsia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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