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. 1919 Excerpt: ... forms of peritoneal infection. Because of the laxity of the muscles they seem unable to lend the protective aid they do in other types of peritonitis. Here tenderness is the sign on which greatest reliance may be placed. When the initial signs above noted are associated with upper abdominal tenderness a generalizing ...
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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. 1919 Excerpt: ... forms of peritoneal infection. Because of the laxity of the muscles they seem unable to lend the protective aid they do in other types of peritonitis. Here tenderness is the sign on which greatest reliance may be placed. When the initial signs above noted are associated with upper abdominal tenderness a generalizing peritonitis may be assumed. Tenderness over the pubic region is present in tubal and broad ligament infections. Indurated masses within the pelvis may be sometimes demonstrated and give the hope that the process may be localized. In lieu of any localized manifestations the breasts should be examined. The assumption on the part of the practitioner that delayed bowel movements may be the cause of chill presages an unstable state of his own system when the real truth dawns upon him. I know of what I speak. Prognosis.--The final outeome of puerperal peritonitis is much more difficult to foretell than in other types of peritonitis because the diagnosis is never so clear cut. Even if one observes at operation what degree of involvement exists he can not estimate the influence of the possible complications which may exist or may subsequently develop. That really diffuse cases ever recover surpasses belief. What degree of extension is compatible with recovery is impossible to say. Involvement of the pelvic peritoneum only, no doubt is often followed by recovery. The difficulty in forming an idea of the outeome from recorded cases lies in the fact that operators differ so widely in their interpretations. That a really diffuse case ever recovers I do not believe, no matter what the treatment. The proportion of cases of recovery following treatment is difficult to determine because the thromboses and extraperitoneal inflammations are not sharply separated...
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