This little book gives a concise account of the curious and rather obscure affection known as Membranous Catarrh of the Intestines. The term colitis cannot be used for all cases, for though "colica mucosa" may be one of the signs of genuine enteritis, it may also occur without any anatomical lesion of the intestinal mucous membrane. Obstinate constipation is an important factor, but does not pl...

Megacolon is a relatively rare condition appearing in childhood and characterised by obstinate constipation, dilatation of the colon and hypomotility of its wall. It was Yon Ammon who first described megacolon in 1842, fortyfive years before Hirschsprung, though the disease carries the name of the latter. Since then many {etiological factors have been considered, ranging from malnutrition to ne...

return, they disseminated, not only in the garrison towns in which they were quartered, but also through the civil population of their native countries. The name commonly applied to it at the time, the " Egyptian Ophthalmia," sufficiently indicates its origin. Napoleon landed in Egypt on July 1st, 1798, with an army of 35,000 men. Within three weeks his troops were attacked by foes more deadly ...