Excerpt from A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Sigmoid Flexure I have written this book because of a desire to record my individual experience of fifteen years as a rectal specialist, in answer to the demand of my students and friends. Dur ing this time I have learned that many things that are taught are not true, and that many true things have not been taught. I have therefore not taken other men's opinions as my guide, but have accepted as truths only those things which could be substantiated by fact, and here recorded them. In difiering from others on any special point I have tried first to state fairly and fully their views, and then my own. The verdict is left to the reader. I have introduced several chapters which are new to books on this subject. Among these will be found the following: Disease in the Sigmoid Flexure, The Hysterical or Nervous Rectum, Anatomy of the Rec tum in Relation to the Reflexes, Antiseptics in Rectal Surgery, A New Operation for Fistula in Auo. I have styled the book A Treatise on Diseases of the Rectum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.