Winifred C., age 21. Admitted in November, 1911, for joint trouble and constipation. She had been constipated for many years, and was reduced to rectal enemata. In September, 1911, she had acute abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa. There had recently been more attacks. Had had " rheumatoid arthr
Ileosigmoidostomy for the relief of constipation and intestinal stasis
β Scribed by Gilbert Barling
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1914
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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