The Dangers of Delay in Operating on Appendicitis in Children and Pregnant Women

surgeon suggested my calling another consultant, but this was obviously useless, for with the absence of-symptoms he would naturally suggest waiting and watching. As I was so confident of my diagnosis, the parent and the surgeon reluctantly agreed to immediate operation, which was done under local analgesia, assisted by a small dose of morphia and a little chloroform. An appendix about 6 in. long was found, of which the terminal 2 in. was black and gangrenous. There was a complete stricture about 2 in. from the tip, a large concretion was imprisoned, and the mucous membrane was diffluent. The appendix was not retrocecal, so that