Excerpt from Transactions of the Academy of Surgery of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 In summarizing this unusual case, I cannot help think ing that there were several factors which greatly aided in its favorable termination. Among these may be mentioned the short lapse of time between injury and surgical assistance; the temperature of the day, which was high, prevented chill ing of the exposed abdominal viscera, thereby diminishing the tendency to shock; and the thorough douching with hot sterile water during the operation and hourly flushing of the abdominal cavity for two days afterwards. Then, too, by the use of Murphy's button much time was saved in making the anastomosis, thus obviating undue manipulation of the bowel, which always tends to produce for a time a certain amount of paresis of its coats which complicates the after treatment of the case. 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.