A Case of Recurrent Appendicitis
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He gave the following history of his illness :? During the last six months he had had repeated attacks of ' colicky pain' in the abdomen not confined to any particular area, vomiting and constipation, each attack lasting for about a week or so. The present troubles began six weeks ago with the initial symptons of vomiting, constipation and abdominal pain, of an indefinite character, at first becoming localized, subsequently to the right iliac fossa, attende'd with fever, which has become continuous.
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