Case of Congenital Obliteration of the Small Intestine

Mrs G-.'s infant (male), two and a half days old, seen on 12th Nov. 1890, on account of complete obstruction and constant vomiting, along with my friend Dr Home Ross, to whose kindness I am indebted for permission to publish the case. Family History.?Father and mother healthy; no syphilis. The mother has had four pregnancies. The first child is alive, but is strumous; the second was still-born (full-time, cross-birth); the third pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at the fifth month, owing to the presence of an ovarian tumour. The patient is the fourth child.