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Obstipation

by Thomas Charles Martin

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Author
Martin, Thomas Charles, 1864-1926
Title
Obstipation : a practical monograph on the disorders and diseases of the rectal valve
Original Publication
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Medical Publishing Co, 1899.
Credits
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
RC: Medicine: Internal medicine
Subject
Proctology
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77683
Release Date
January 12, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.OBSTIPATION
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Prefatory.
  6. 6.Introduction.
  7. 7.A Chronologic Review of the Literature of the Rectal Valve. [2]
  8. 8.The Chronology of Atmospheric Inflation of the Rectum for its Inspection.
  9. 9.The Examination of the Rectum. — Noninstrumental Inspection of the Rectum. — Instrumental Inspection. — The Technic.
  10. 10.Topographic Anatomy.
  11. 11.The Rectal Valve.
  12. 12.Defecation. — Digital Observation of the Nonanesthetized Subject. — Ocular Observation of the Anesthetized Subject. — Ocular Observation of the Nonanesthetized Subject.
  13. 13.Obstipation in Infants. — Treatment.
  14. 14.Obstipation in the Adult. — The Symptoms. — Pathogenesis. — Diagnosis. — Diagnostic Observations. — The Positive Diagnosis. — Preliminary Treatment. — Operative Treatment. — Subsequent Treatment. — Treatment of Simple Tubular Stricture of the Rectum. — Acute Rectitis. — Chronic Hypertrophic Rectitis. — Chronic Membranous Rectitis.
  15. 15.Cases of Obstipation Radically Treated.
  16. 16.List of Illustrations.
  17. 17.FOOTNOTES:

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