CHAPTER II.

PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE PERITONEUM AND ALIMENTARY TRACT. SECTION I.—OF THE PERITONEUM. Congestion; Inflammation; Fibrinous Exudations; Suppuration; Gangrene; Ascites; Morbid Growths, 133 SECTION II.—OF THE STOMACH. Post-mortem Changes; Gastritis; Effects of Poisons; Gastric Ulcer; Hæmorrhagic Erosion; Softening; Cirrhosis; Atrophy; Dilatation; Morbid Growths, 137 SECTION III.—THE INTESTINES. Malformations; Inflammation; Ulceration; Dilatation; Contraction; Displacements; Incarceration; Volvulus; Intussusception; Rupture; Ulcer and Fissure of the Anus; Fistulæ; Hæmorrhoids; Morbid Growths; Parasites, 149 SECTION IV.—THE PANCREAS. Anomalies; Hypertrophy and Atrophy; Inflammation; Fatty Degeneration; Dilatation of Ducts; Cancer, 160 SECTION V.—THE SPLEEN. Congenital Anomalies; Hypertrophy and Atrophy; Displacements; Rupture; Inflammation; Thickening of Capsule; Degeneration; Morbid Growths, 162 SECTION VI.—OF THE LIVER. Normal state of; Congestion; Hæmorrhagic Effusion; Perihepatitis; Scar-like Marks; Hepatitis; Secondary, Pyæmic or Metastatic Abscess; Degenerations of the Liver; Waxy, Lardaceous or Amyloid Liver; Atrophy; Simple Atrophy; Acute or Yellow Atrophy; Chronic Atrophy; Cirrhosis, or Hob-nail Liver; Hypertrophy; Morbid Growths; Parasites, 165 _Affections of the Gall-Bladder and Ducts._ Inflammation; Dilatation; Morbid Growths; Biliary Calculi, 189