The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 461
ON OF OVARIAN TUMORS. peristaltic action of the intestines which starts the rotation, as the cor- rect one. I recently punctured the intestine on the right side with a fine trocar, to give temporary relief to an old gentleman dying of ob- structed intestine, and greatly distended with gas ; after… … a certain point, when there was an immediate escape of gas, the peris- talsis ceased and the trocar resumed its former position, the whole pro- ceeding going on with the regularity of clock-work for a considerable time, a period of complete rest being followed by a gurgle in the in- testine, which…
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