The surgical diseases and injuries of the stomach and intestines / by F. Bowreman Jessettt.

  • Jessett, F. Bowreman (Frederic Bowreman)
Date:
1892
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Credit: The surgical diseases and injuries of the stomach and intestines / by F. Bowreman Jessettt. 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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    Volvulus. Twists of a loop of intestine, either on its vertebral or mesenteric axis, or with another coil of intestine, are far from being uncommon. The cause of this condition of things can usually be traced to an unusually long mesentery; it is more commonly met with in young per- sons than in those above the age of twenty years, and is usually situated in the ileum or sigmoid flexure. Occa- FiG. 21.—Volvulus of Ascending Colon (St. George's Hosp. Museum). sionally it is met with in the colon, as shown in a very interesting specimen in St. George's Hospital Museum (Fig. 21). Intussusception. The invagination of one portion of the intestine into