Annals of surgery . to the empty appendix of the two •-exes, since the appen-dices of the female are less liable to contain abnormal materialthan those of the male, as will be readily shown hereafter. Contents of the Appendix.—One hundred and twenty-four olthe entire series of eases (i 50) Were examined with reference to THE CROSS ANATOMY OF THE VERMIFORM APFENDIX. 171 their contents. It is apparent .it once that the importance of thisphase oi~ the subject cannot be considered to be secondary to anyother, as the nature of the contents contribute largely to theulcerative changes that lead to pe
Annals of surgery . to the empty appendix of the two •-exes, since the appen-dices of the female are less liable to contain abnormal materialthan those of the male, as will be readily shown hereafter. Contents of the Appendix.—One hundred and twenty-four olthe entire series of eases (i 50) Were examined with reference to THE CROSS ANATOMY OF THE VERMIFORM APFENDIX. 171 their contents. It is apparent .it once that the importance of thisphase oi~ the subject cannot be considered to be secondary to anyother, as the nature of the contents contribute largely to theulcerative changes that lead to perforation of the appendix, andalso to the gravity of the perforation itself. Of the 124 case-,,eighty-two were of the male sex, thirty-four of the female sex,and in eighteen this distinctive item was not stated. Of the maleseries (82), fifty-eight (70 per cent.) contained abnormal matters ofsome kind, and twenty-four were entirely empty. Of the fifty -eight cases containing fecal, purulent and other matters, the. FlG. (). Anterior Yikw.—-Showing rather large aecum withprominent muscular bands and appendix arising at nearly the middle ofthe extremity. following statements will indicate the variety and also the percent-age frequency of their presence : The presence of mucus in agreater or less amount was determined in fifteen instances (26 percent.) ; mucus and faecal matter 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, an
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