Volume 1

A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton].

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ast ] CHAPTER X. Inflammation of the Mucous Membrane. of the Intestines. Iw this disease there is pain confined to some one part of the abdomen. ‘The pain is constant though not acute, and varying very little in degree. A slight pressure on the part will not increase the pain, as in the inflammation of the peritonzeal coat of the intestines: neither will there arise any (or scarce any) tension of the abdomen, al- though the pain shall continue a considera- ble time. The Pulse is about one hundred and twelve in a minute. ‘The bowels are usually costive. These two latter circumstances will serve to distinguish this disease from peritoneal inflammation: and this it is particularly necessary to observe, because the Treat- ment will be different, and I may add, the danger will be less.