. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. and the dietrestricted to milk and soft-boiled eggs. On the seventh day, after taking aSeidlitz powder, he had a copious movement; the bed-pan was used and heremained in a recumbent position. The rectum was irrigated, and balsam ofPeru applied to the mucous membrane. Ten days from the time he entered 406 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS the hospital he returned home. He called a few months later and said thatthe rectum had not troubled him in the least since the operation. Case XXVI. Extensive Prolapse (Exci
. Diseases of the rectum and anus: designed for students and practitioners of medicine. and the dietrestricted to milk and soft-boiled eggs. On the seventh day, after taking aSeidlitz powder, he had a copious movement; the bed-pan was used and heremained in a recumbent position. The rectum was irrigated, and balsam ofPeru applied to the mucous membrane. Ten days from the time he entered 406 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND ANUS the hospital he returned home. He called a few months later and said thatthe rectum had not troubled him in the least since the operation. Case XXVI. Extensive Prolapse (Excision).—A lady applied to me fortreatment for extensive prolapse. She had been operated on twice beforeby Van Burens method. Operation.—It was decided to excise the redundant tissue, which wasdone after the following manner: An incision was made around the anus atthe muco-cutaneous junction, and the mucous membrane dissected up for twoincnes (5 centimeters). The dissected mucous membrane was then pulleddown, cut off, and the cut edge attached to the skin by catgut sutures. Anti-. Fig. 135.—Appearance of Dwarfed Child Eighteen Months After Cure of Prolapse,Showing the Effect of Operation and Thyroid Treatment. septic dressings were applied, and union was complete within ten days. Shewas then discharged with instructions to keep her bowels open and to reportif the bowel came down again. One year afterward I met her and she in-formed me that she had had no further trouble. Case XXVII. Dwarfed Child Suffering from Prolapse.—Some yearsago I was called to see a dwarfed child who had suffered from the time hewas 6 weeks old with obstinate constipation and extensive prolapse of therectal coats, which the father thought were the cause of the arrested develop-ment. He was 14 years old, weighed 38 pounds, and measured thirty-twoinches ( centimeters) in height (Fig. 134). During the eleven yearsprevious he had not gained one ounce in weight nor one inch ( centi-meters) in h
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