Is Appendicitis a Surgical Disease? (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Is Appendicitis a Surgical Disease?Whether each of these bacterial species alone will originate appendicitis, or whether two or more associ ated species together are required, has as yet not been practically demonstrated. Theoretically, there seems to be no reason why each pathogenic species alone could not produce the infection. It is a well-known fact that the virulence of the Bacterium coli commune sometimes may become enormous. According to Lesage and Ma caigne (archives de med. Experiment. Et d'anatom. Pathol., it produces but insignificant effects if grown on a healthy surface, but causes the most intense reaction when isolated from tissues which have under gone pathological changes. Thus its virulence is the higher as the disease is graver in which this bacterium is found. The fact that cultures taken from a case of cholera showed a high virulence, while those taken from a pus focus were weak, is in entire accord with this theory. It will be reserved for the cooperation of sur geons possessing bacteriological knowledge to appreciate these different theories so far that practical results can be deduced from them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.