Annals of surgery . r in five instances (about 10 percent.) ; faxal matter alone in thirty, or nearly fifty-two per cent, ofthe cases. In several instances the fa±cal matter in these caseswas hard, in one case approaching the size of a bean, in anothersomewhat smaller than this, but of equal consistency. Pus, faecesand mucus were present in one case, pus and feces in one, pus 172 JOSEPH D. BRYANT. and faecus in two, gas and mucus in one, and pus alone in the female series (34) fifteen, or nearly thirty-five per cent.,were empty, while nineteen, or nearly fifty-six per cent., containedei
Annals of surgery . r in five instances (about 10 percent.) ; faxal matter alone in thirty, or nearly fifty-two per cent, ofthe cases. In several instances the fa±cal matter in these caseswas hard, in one case approaching the size of a bean, in anothersomewhat smaller than this, but of equal consistency. Pus, faecesand mucus were present in one case, pus and feces in one, pus 172 JOSEPH D. BRYANT. and faecus in two, gas and mucus in one, and pus alone in the female series (34) fifteen, or nearly thirty-five per cent.,were empty, while nineteen, or nearly fifty-six per cent., containedeither mucus or faecal matter, and in some instances , or about twenty per cent., contained mucus ; twelve, orthirty-five per cent., contained faecal matter. Of the eighteencases in which the sex was not indicated, eleven, or sixty-one percent., were empty. The remaining seven cases of the eighteenshowed that one contained mucus, five faecal matter, and one hadundergone cystic degeneration at the Fig. 7. Anterior View.—Showing ccecum forced forward andilium entering from above. Appendix arises from interior lateral surface,posterior and a little below ilio-cxcal valve; it runs up parallel to ascend-ing colon. These figures illustrate the following important facts : (1) That sixty-seven per cent, of the entire series stated (124)contained abnormal material. (2) That abnormal material happens more frequently in theappendix of the male (70 per cent.) than of the female (56 percent.). (3) That fecal matter, either soft or hard, is present morefrequently in the vermiform, in both sexes, than any other classof matter, being noted in fifty-two per cent, of the male, andthirty-five per cent, of the female cases, and in twenty-eight percent, of those in which the sex i^ not stated. THE GROSS ANATOMY OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX. 173 (4) That in no instance were there other than faecal sub-stances, or products dependent on inflammation, present in thesecases. Grape se
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