A review of the history and literature of appendicitis / by George M. Edebohls.

  • Edebohls, George M. (George Michael), 1853-1908
Date:
1899
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Credit: A review of the history and literature of appendicitis / by George M. Edebohls. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of a hernial sac. Landsberg,^ Hall,^ Zdekauer,' Monks,-^ Ohlmacher,'^ Kayser/^* and Gross' have recorded cases of inguinal hernia containing the ap- pendix. The case of Hall is historical from the fact that it represents the first removal of the appendix with survival of the patient. Landsberg,'^' Polios- son,\ Rotter,'' Routier,'' Ginnard,'^ and Vander- yggj.a47bis have found the appendix as part of the con- tents of a femoral hernia. Appendicitis Associated with Diseased Conditions of the Pelvic Organs.—The association of an inflamed appendix with every variety of diseased conditions of the pelvic organs, more especially of women, is a mat- ter of almost daily observation in the practice of ab- dominal surgery. In some cases the appendix is the starting-point of the diseased action, in others it be- comes involved secondarily to disease affecting pri- marily the pelvic viscera. Baldy, Richelot,'' Mix- ter\ Robb,- Jr^ggard, Binckley,' McGuire,'-'*' and Deaver'^' have, among others, given special attention in their writings to this aspect of our subject. Appendicitis Complicating Pregnancy, Labor, and the Puerperal State.—The classical case of Mesti- vier,^ the first in which a diseased appendix, in this case containing a pin, was recognized at autopsy as the cause of an abscess in the right iliac fossa, oc- curred in a woman eight months pregnant. The case of Hancock,'^ no less historical as representing the first successful operation for deep-seated perityphlitic abscess, also occurred in a woman eight months preg- nant. The patieni miscarried four days after opera- tion. The next case recorded is that of Porcher, whose patient miscarried at five months, died suddenly and unexpectedly fourteen hours afterward, and was found on post-mortem to have purulent appendicitis and peritonitis. Hirst,'^® in 1890, operated upon a woman six months pregnant for supposed acute sup- purative appendicitis. He found chronic appendicitis
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