The vermiform appendix and its diseases / by Howard A. Kelly ... and E. Hurdon ... With 399 original illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates.

  • Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943.
Date:
[1905], [©1905]
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Credit: The vermiform appendix and its diseases / by Howard A. Kelly ... and E. Hurdon ... With 399 original illustrations, some in colors, and 3 lithographic plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    I hope that enough has been said to convince my professional colleagues that appendicitis must always be regarded as an affection for which an active human agency can be responsible, and that testimony to that effect must be given^ when the facts warrant it, with assurance, whether it be for or against an individual or an association. It is the duty of every physician, in taking the history of all cases of appendic- itis, to inquire carefuU}^ into antecedent blows, falls, or unusual exertion, and to listen with attention to any suggestion made by the patient which points in that direction. He must also bear in mind that the injury need not, necessarily, be of recent date, although some sj^mptoms, it may be of a vague character, will probably be recalled as immediately following it.