Abstract

Every case of appendicitis is of some clinical interest to surgeon and physician alike; but some cases stand out on account either of the operative findings or of the complications which follow. It is to the latter class that the following case belongs; and I believe its report will be read with some interest, particularly since it terminated in a complete recovery. <h3>History.</h3> —W. M., man, aged 21, walked into my office, March 15, 1915, leaning forward and very lame apparently in the right hip, saying he had appendicitis. He had been taken sick, March 10, with indigestion, pain in the stomach and vomiting; March 14, there had been severe pain in the lower right flank, but at present the pain was felt over the entire abdomen. The temperature was 99, pulse 140, abdomen rigid. Vomiting had ceased the day before. The bowels had acted in the morning from a

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