RT Journal
A1 HARRIS ML
T1 THe relations of the colon to intraabdominal tumors.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1899
FD February 18
VO XXXII
IS 7
SP 335
OP 342
DO 10.1001/jama.1899.92450340002002a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.92450340002002a
AB The correct diagnosis of an abdominal tumor is often one of the most difficult problems that confront the surgeon. Nor can the importance of the question be in any way diminished by the statement that an exploratory operation will decide. Notwithstanding the comparative harmlessness of an exploratory celiotomy under proper precautions, no surgeon is proud of having to open the abdomen to diagnose a pregnant uterus, or after thrusting his trocar into a supposed ovarian cyst and drawing it up to find an inextricable mass leading to the pancreas. Still, incidents similar to these are common in the history of surgery.The object of this paper is not to consider the many means employed in making a diagnosis of an abdominal tumor, but simply to illustrate and emphasize the importance of a simple procedure which is too often neglected.In arriving at a conclusion as to the nature of an