REPORT OF A CASE OF CHRONIC TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS

A. S., male, age 55, born in the United States, occupation laborer, was admitted to the Arapahoe County Hospital, Denver, Jan. 10, 1896. His father died from violence and his mother from old age. One sister died of tuberculosis. He had been strong and robust up to three years before, having spent much of his life on the Western plains. He contracted syphilis when a young man. For many years he drank whisky more or less continuously. Three years previous to admission he noticed that the abdomen, feet and legs were swollen, and that he was short of breath. Some abdominal swelling had existed off and on since that time. About a week before admission, while doing some heavy work, he was taken suddenly with sharp pains in the back and abdomen, especially in the lower part. He was obliged to take to his bed. On admission to the hospital,