The treatment of peritonitis by abdominal section : some illustrative cases : read before the Kentucky State Medical Society, July 12, 1888 / by L.S. McMurtry.

  • McMurtry, L. S. (Lewis Samuel), 1850-1924.
Date:
1888
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Credit: The treatment of peritonitis by abdominal section : some illustrative cases : read before the Kentucky State Medical Society, July 12, 1888 / by L.S. McMurtry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    required, and was not used ; the highest temperature noted was 9q° F., and the pulse, which, for some time prior to the operation, ranged from 115 to 130, fell below 100 by the third day after the operation, and remained there. On the fourth day of convalescence her appetite was keen and she took food with relish ; for weeks before she had suffered with nausea and vomiting. On the seventh day the sutures were removed from a dry and firmly united wound, and on the tenth day she sat up in the rocking-chair. At the end of three weeks she returned to her home in Spencer county. Her good health since and present satisfactory condition are attested by the following note from her daughter, received a few days since : — Dear Dr. McMurtry :—In reply to your inquiry in regard to my mother, upon whom you operated almost a year ago, I am glad to say that there has been no return of the disease. She began to improve at once after the operation, and, though past sixty years of age, she is active in her habit, rides about the neighborhood, and has no symptoms of her former trouble. Very respectfully, Emma T. Schoolfield. July 9, 1888. If this case were an isolated and exceptional one, it would