TY  - JOUR
T1  - OPerative treatment for typhoid perforation.
Y1  - 1899/11/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450710054007
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1172
EP  - 1172
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 19
N2  - There is much ground for encouragement in the admirable paper read by Dr. W. W. Keen, on the "Treatment of Perforation of the Bowel in Typhoid Fever," at the recent meeting of the New York State Medical Association. It was pointed out that the percentage of recoveries following operation for this condition had increased from about 19 per cent. in the past fourteen years to about 27 per cent. during the past year and a half, among almost as large a number of cases, and it was hoped that the percentage might be further increased to at least 33 1-3.In this hope, which we think justified by the experience of the past, we wish to sustain Dr. Keen. One of the most important considerations for success is timely operation. We agree with Dr. Keen that it would be hazardous to operate during the period of shock, but it is
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450710054007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450710054007
ER  -