. Medical and surgical therapy . arities, etc., and these remarks will have their valuea little later on. The second table gives the whole of the resultsfurnished by laparotomy, while a parallel set ofstatistics concerns only the cases in which the smallintestine was involved alone or with other organs. The third table enters into more detail on thesubject of the laparotomies ; it classifies the casesaccording to the situation and the gravity of theanatomical lesions, and therefore allows of the forma-tion of a prognostic percentage according to the lesionsobserved; a column is also reserved f
. Medical and surgical therapy . arities, etc., and these remarks will have their valuea little later on. The second table gives the whole of the resultsfurnished by laparotomy, while a parallel set ofstatistics concerns only the cases in which the smallintestine was involved alone or with other organs. The third table enters into more detail on thesubject of the laparotomies ; it classifies the casesaccording to the situation and the gravity of theanatomical lesions, and therefore allows of the forma-tion of a prognostic percentage according to the lesionsobserved; a column is also reserved for the natureof the projectile. From the comparison of these tables a markedcontrast appears : Abstention has a mortality of from 75 to 80 per cent.; Laparotomy has a mortality of 64 per cent. The advantage is, therefore, seen to be on the side oflaparotomy. But one could not accord absolute certainty to thesefigures. They are open to criticism, the result ofwhich is still more favourable to laparotomy. .96 WOUNDS OF THE ABDOMEN.
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