An analysis of a second series of forty cases of intussusception / by W. McAdam Eccles.
- Eccles, William McAdam, 1867-1946.
- Date:
- [1897]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An analysis of a second series of forty cases of intussusception / by W. McAdam Eccles. 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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![[Reprinted from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Reports, Vol. XXXIII.] AN ANALYSIS OF A SECOND SERIES OF FORTY CASES OF INTUSSUSCEPTION. BY W. MoADAM EOCLES. In the volume of the Eeports for 1892 (vol. xxviii.) I was enabled, by the kindness of many members of the staff, to publish an analysis of twenty-eight cases of intussusception which had been admitted into the Hospital during the twenty years 1871-1890 inclusive. As this paper has been somewhat extensively quoted from, especially by Dr. Wiggin of New York, Mr. D’Arcy Power, and Mr. Lockwood, I have made an analysis of the cases which have occurred subsequently, that is, during the six years 1891—1896 inclusive, the number of which amounts to forty. I have again to thank the physicians and surgeons of the Hospital staff under whose care these cases have been for their renewed permission to use the notes, and for their assistance on many points. . A full table of the cases, with references to the notes, will be found at the end of the paper. I propose to give a detailed analysis of the cases, under the same headings as in my former analysis. 1. Sex of the Patients.—Of the 40 cases, 26 occurred in males and 14 in females. This again bears out the fact that intus- susception is more frequent in males than in females. With the 28 of the former series, it will be seen that in the total of 68 cases 43 were males and 25 females. 2. Age of the Patients.—No less than 27 out of the 40 cases were under the age of 12 months, one was 13 months old, 8 were between 2 and 5 years of age, one was between 5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22330525_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
