. Diseases of the stomach : including dietetic and medicinal treatment . Submucosa thickened,edematous, and infiltratedwith leukocytes and fibrin-ous exudate. In the 91 cases rej)orte(l by Robertson, 11 followed the ingestion ofimproper food or j)()isons; 3 cases followed operations on the stomach;2 occurred in pyemia, and 2 others followed trauma. In 1 case thedisease followed ])urulent infiannnation of the esophagus. Pathology. In the majority of cases the invading germ has beenthe streptococcus, often associated with the colon bacillus. Infectionby the pneumococcus is not unconnnon. In less
. Diseases of the stomach : including dietetic and medicinal treatment . Submucosa thickened,edematous, and infiltratedwith leukocytes and fibrin-ous exudate. In the 91 cases rej)orte(l by Robertson, 11 followed the ingestion ofimproper food or j)()isons; 3 cases followed operations on the stomach;2 occurred in pyemia, and 2 others followed trauma. In 1 case thedisease followed ])urulent infiannnation of the esophagus. Pathology. In the majority of cases the invading germ has beenthe streptococcus, often associated with the colon bacillus. Infectionby the pneumococcus is not unconnnon. In less frequent cases anyone of the pyogenic organisms may be found. PHLEGMONOUS GASTRITIS 33 Phlegmonous gastritis occurs in a diffuse and in a circumscribedform. Diffuse Form.—The diffuse form occurs in SO per cent, of all cases,and may affect the whole area of the stomach, or only a part, thepyloric portion being the most frequently affected The wall of thestomach is greatly thickened, often attaining a depth of five or sixtimes that of the normal. It occasionally atta
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