Some Clinical Notes on Membranous Enteritis

Mrs. M., aged 60. A very thin, ill-nourished woman, of melancholy temperament. She has always had wretched health, and at the present time has marked signs of pulmonary phthisis. For many years she has suffered, at short intervals, from attacks of acute dyspepsia, accompanied by very obstinate constipation ; and at these times she experiences great pain in the abdomen. When I was called in to see her, I found her suffering great pain in the abdomen. She was sitting up in bed rocking to and fro, and pressing her abdomen as firmly as she could against her thighs, as in that position she obtained most relief from the pain. She was also in great mental distress, as she