Experiences with Carbon Dioxid in Hiccough.*

Management of Acute Conditions of the Abdomen

“…One case may still be early and not require drainage, but when in doubt one should (1) drain the jejunum in septic peritonitis; (2) in mechanical obstruction, with or without resection, insert a catheter into the bowel a few inches above the seat of trouble, and in addition drain the jejunum if the small bowel is implicated. 3. In all intussusceptions, early or late, one should drain the bowel immediately above the affected segment.…”

“…Dragstedt7 shows the fallacy of this by draining opened isolated loops of jejunum into the peritoneal cavity without toxic symptoms resulting. 3 shown that the liquid secreted in twenty-four hours from the upper intestinal tract of the human being amounts to from 7 to 10 quarts. If such quantities are drained out, they must be replaced, but this factor alone does not seem sufficient to explain the cause of death in obstruction.…”