The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 431
1884.] Batt, Colotomy. 429 tion has taken place to such a degree as to render it comparatively easy to find the situation of the bowel. In those cases, however, in which the bowel is empty and flaccid, the operation may be rendered much easier by distending the colon with injections of air. In… … The accompanying drawing (Fig. 2) illustrates its construction and method of use. The hollow rubber ring "A," when pressed upon the tissues surrounding the anus, prevents the escape of air from the bowel around the tube " a," after it has been forced in by means of the bulb " B," and thus obviates…
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