. Transactions of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia . Wolff.—Plastic Peritonitis; tumor opened. a, Left lobe of Liver. b, Transverse Colon,c, c, o, Small Intestine. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 89 serous membranes of the thoracic cavity, pleurae, and pericardium, werefirmly adherent in their layers and to each other, matting the thoracicviscera into a mass; but the present specimen indicated a far greaterdegree of the plastic process than he had witnessed. Dr. F. A. Packard : In the summer of 1888, in the medical dispensaryof the Episcopal Hospital, I saw a young man, set, 19 years, who com-pl
. Transactions of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia . Wolff.—Plastic Peritonitis; tumor opened. a, Left lobe of Liver. b, Transverse Colon,c, c, o, Small Intestine. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 89 serous membranes of the thoracic cavity, pleurae, and pericardium, werefirmly adherent in their layers and to each other, matting the thoracicviscera into a mass; but the present specimen indicated a far greaterdegree of the plastic process than he had witnessed. Dr. F. A. Packard : In the summer of 1888, in the medical dispensaryof the Episcopal Hospital, I saw a young man, set, 19 years, who com-plained of abdominal pain, and found a solid mass in the umbilical andhypogastric region which to the touch had a bosselated outline. It feltsolid, but upon careful examination and repeated palpation it was foundto present a regular vermicular motion, and by continued and firm pres-sure it could be caused to collapse with a bubbling and gurgling sensa-tion. The patient had recently recovered from typhoid fever. It seemedto me that the case was probably one
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