There is little in this book which is either new or untrue. At least half a dozen works on general surgery in the English language give better practical accounts of Diseases of the Rectum than this one. The language is rarely elegant, and often slovenly ; and we have marked many sentences as being grammatically deficient. There is a want of knowledge of the work of others which is by no means m...

INTRODUCTION. Pain is probably the most common symptom of lesions situated in the anorectal region. The anal canal is abundantly supplied with sensory nerves and lesions produce pain of varying severity. On the other hand, the sensory nerve supply of the rectum is poor and disease confined to this region may have progressed considerably before causing very much discomfort. This point is of impo...

Absorption of electrolytes and water from the human rectum was quantified by sequential sampling of physiological solutions instilled into the rectum and by the method of continuous intraluminal perfusion. The absorptive function of the rectum measured by the perfusion technique was also compared with that of the entire large intestine. The rectum did not absorb sodium, chloride, or water from ...

The ability to hold stool (called continence) requires the rectum, anus and nervous system to be working normally. Two groups of muscles in the wall of the anus and rectum are responsible for holding the stool in the rectum, the outer muscle group (external anal sphincter) and the inner muscle group (internal anal sphincter). Your ability to sense the presence of stool in the rectum (called rec...

PROLAPSE of the rectum is a rare, somewhat misunderstood and neglected condition, which is generally held to occur at the extremes of life. XVe are almost totally ignorant of its cause. Misconceptions regarding its clinical presentation are common. Its management is confused for the average surgeon-who sees relatively few of these cases-by the availability for its treatment of a multitude of me...

In cattle, the lymphoid rich regions of the rectal-anal mucosa at the terminal rectum are the preferred site for Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonisation. All cattle infected by rectal swab administration demonstrate long-term E. coli O157:H7 colonisation, whereas orally challenged cattle do not demonstrate long-term E. coli O157:H7 colonisation in all animals. Oral, but not rectal challenge of sh...

more fingers in the rectum of the patient is often of the greatest assistance to the operator, and facilitates the introduction of instruments and the extraction of the calculus. The advantage of an exploration of the rectum is not mentioned in Fergusson's Practical Surgery at all, and Druitt's Surgeon's Vade-Mecum only says :?"The left fore-finger should be passed into the rectum just before o...