Structure of an intestine; eight distinct layers. Valvulæ conniventes
peculiar to man. Nature of villi: manner of absorption. Mucous membrane
of the stomach. Glands of Brunner, Grew, and Peyer. Solitary glands.
Muscular coat of the intestine. Wounds of the abdomen affecting its
wall or paries. Illustrative cases. Entrance and exit of a ball.
Lodgment of a ball in the abdominal paries. Incised wounds of the
paries followed by suppuration. Rupture of viscera from a blow. In
incised wounds the muscular parts are not reunited; formation of an
abdominal hernia; treatment. Admission of atmospheric air a bugbear.
Penetrating wounds. Protrusion of omentum; of intestine. Illustrative
cases. Treatment of wounded intestine. Large effusions of blood into
the cavity of the abdomen. Travers’s experiments on wounded intestines.
Treatment of a divided intestine; by ligature; by continuous suture.
Ramdohr’s treatment of a completely divided intestine. Manner of making
a continuous suture. pp. 482-508