Excerpt from The Montreal Medical Journal, Vol. 32: January, 1903As is usual in these cases the wound did not heal readily, but pus appeared on the third day, and the wound partly reopened The tube was removed on the second day and replaced by aseptic gauze packing. The bowels moved well the next day by means of a turpentine and soap suds enema. 'lhe fever continued high, 1020 to 104° F., for over a week, and then gradually fell to normal on the fourteenth day after Operation. The wound closed by granulation, and the patient was dis charged ou the 3lst October. I have seen this patient since, and she is quite well, though at site Of wound is a slight hernia, which she re fuses to have treated surgically.Dr. Mackenzie tells me that he had seen the patient several times before the perforation took place, and had diagnosed typhoid, but could never induce her to go to bed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.