. Annals of surgery . y ])friiids of five years it is found that the present-dayduration of symptoms is 13 months as against 19 months 25 vears , the evidence of this series shows that the shortening of this periodaffects but one of the three chnical groups; the acute obstructions and thechronic obstructions apj)ear to be coming to treatment a Httle later thanthey (Hd years ago, and the only group seeking relief earlier than formerlyis the non-obstructive group, in which 2,2 months represents the averageduration of symi)tonis 30 years ago and 8 months represents the average. Fig. 3
. Annals of surgery . y ])friiids of five years it is found that the present-dayduration of symptoms is 13 months as against 19 months 25 vears , the evidence of this series shows that the shortening of this periodaffects but one of the three chnical groups; the acute obstructions and thechronic obstructions apj)ear to be coming to treatment a Httle later thanthey (Hd years ago, and the only group seeking relief earlier than formerlyis the non-obstructive group, in which 2,2 months represents the averageduration of symi)tonis 30 years ago and 8 months represents the average. Fig. 3.—P. N. .?Vdcnooarcmoma ot the colon. \ large m,ljority of the cancersof colon are of this type. The picture shows direct of tiie growth along the bowelwall, undermining the normal mucosa; this is seen very frequently. duration to-day. ln(|uiry ilevelo])cd the fact that this improvement was notdue to the advent of the X-ray as a help in diagnosis; before this methodof examination was in current use there had been a drop from 22 to 13months in duration of symptoms. Judging from this series, it ajipears that for many months these patientsconsistentlv i)resent siptonis which can hardly escape recognition, and yet,in the face of this fact. the\- fail to ap[)reciate the significance of these 214 CAXCER OF THE COLON symptoms or to investigate the cause of the trouble; this state oi affairsapparently presents an excellent opportunity lor an effort to bring thepublic to understand that persistently recurring partial obstruction, or unex-plained alKloniinal pain
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