The vermiform appendix and its diseases / by Howard A. Kelly ... and E. Hurdon ... With 399 original illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates.

  • Howard Atwood Kelly
Date:
[1905], [©1905]
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Credit: The vermiform appendix and its diseases / by Howard A. Kelly ... and E. Hurdon ... With 399 original illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    PIG ^■^'^^ 326. Showing the wide area of exposure to the peritoneum given b}' Doughtj^'s method. 616 327. Showing the complete closure of the wound by Doughty's method and the relations of the lines of sutures 617 328. Diagram showing the method of approaching an abscess by the extra-peritoneal route 617 329. Method of approaching an abscess by the transperitoneal route 617 330. Showing the various sites at which abscesses are more commonlj^ found 618 331. Unusual location of the appendix high up to the inner side of the ascending colon and covered by omentum 621 332. Pin-point perforation at the tip of the appendix 621 333. Method of exposing and evacuating abscess through an incision in the median or right semilunar line 623 334. Showing the hand within the abdomen guiding and controlling tlie forceps in the act of opening tlie abscess through the lateral incision 624 335. Appendix and cecum wrapped in omental adhesions 625 336. Gangrenous abscess and perforation of the appendix completely enveloped and pro- tected from the peritoneal cavity by the omentum 626 337. Large retro-peritoneal abscess in a girl ten years old 629 338. Tip of tlie appendix lost in a pool of pus filling the pelvis and ^^■alled in b}^ adherent intestine 630 339. Perforation near the root of the appendix in a patient dying of peritonitis 634 340. Elsberg's operation for subphrenic abscess, showing sliin incision 639 341. Resection of ninth and tenth ribs in subphrenic abscess 640 342. Subphrenic abscess aspirated through the diaphragm and belo^^• the pleural reflection 641 343. Fowler's method of drainage, in diffuse purulent peritonitis 644 344. Self-retaining retractor 646 345. Metliod of washing out the abdomen ■n-hen full of pus by means of a long metal tube with spray attachment 648 346. Method of using the irrigator to push forward the peritoneum in the abdominal wall when making a left lumbar incision for drainage in abdominal pyemia 649 347. Showing direction of current from the adjacent portions of the abdominal cavity to- ward the various drainage openings 650 348. Retrocecal abscess found at second operation two years after removal of the appendix 665 349. Same as preceding, showing abscess exposed behind cecum 666 350. Intestinal obstruction following operation for appendicitis due to omental adhesions over stump of appendix 689 351. Showing large hernia following incision in the semilunar line for appendicitis 695 352. Operation for hernia showing rectus dovetailed between the broad abdominal muscles 696 353. Showing in detail the method of drawing rectus between muscles 697 354. Inflamed appendix adherent to a tubo-ovarian abscess 703 355. Obliterated a])pendix adherent to a chronic tubo-ovarian inflammatory mass 704 356. Tip of appendix adherent to small dermoid cyst of left side 706 357. Appendix densely adherent to fibroid tumor undergoing sarcomatous degeneration. . 708 358. Appendix adherent to right broad ligament in a right extra-uterine pregnancy 709 359. Detailed study of the preceding figure 709 360. Long appendix adherent by its tip to suspensory ligament attaching uterus to ante- rior abdominal wall 720 361. Extensive involvement of the appendix in a tubo-ovarian abscess of the riglit side. Method of removing appendix 724 362. Method of removing an adherent appendico-tubo-ovarian mass in reverse order to that shown in preceding figure 725 363. Tubo-ovarian abscess. Peri-appendicitis 726 364. Distal portion of appendix adherent to the broad ligament in a case of large multi- locular ovarian cyst 727 365. Appendix adherent to uterine tube and ovary in the midst of extensive adhesions. . 728 366. Appendix adherent to the pregnant rudimentary horn 731