Modern surgery, general and operative . ourished. Ruggi removed ii feet, Witallremoved lo feet 8 inches, Von Eiselsberg, ii feet 8 inches, and Obulinski, 12feet 2 inches. Brougham removed 11 feet 2 inches for mesenteric thrombosisand the patient recovered. Childe successfiilly removed 9 feet 6 inches ofsmall intestine for embolism of the mesenteric artery. Hayes removed 8 feet4I inches from a boy ten years of age, and the patient was well eight monthslater. Dressman reported 26 cases in each of which more than 3 feet 3 incheshad been removed (Alexander Blaney, in Brit. Med. Jour., Nov. 16, 190
Modern surgery, general and operative . ourished. Ruggi removed ii feet, Witallremoved lo feet 8 inches, Von Eiselsberg, ii feet 8 inches, and Obulinski, 12feet 2 inches. Brougham removed 11 feet 2 inches for mesenteric thrombosisand the patient recovered. Childe successfiilly removed 9 feet 6 inches ofsmall intestine for embolism of the mesenteric artery. Hayes removed 8 feet4I inches from a boy ten years of age, and the patient was well eight monthslater. Dressman reported 26 cases in each of which more than 3 feet 3 incheshad been removed (Alexander Blaney, in Brit. Med. Jour., Nov. 16, 1901).Blaney adds 7 cases from literature, and tells us that in 9 of the ^T) cases deathoccurred soon after operation. Alexander Blaney, in the previously quoted article, reviews the subjectof the resection of great lengths of intestine. He tells us that how much re-mains after a resection is important, but uncertain. It is uncertain because, asTreves has shown, the length of the intestine varies from 15 feet 6 inches to31 feet 10
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