DIVERTICULOSIS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE; AN EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
Authors: Harold C. Ochsner, J. Arnold Bargen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 September 1935DIVERTICULOSIS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE; AN EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONSHAROLD C. OCHSNER, M.D., J. ARNOLD BARGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.HAROLD C. OCHSNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. ARNOLD BARGEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-3-282 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe nature and incidence of diverticula of the large intestine have offered a fertile field for study and speculation for several centuries.Littre, in 1700, mentioned "diverticular hernia" without explaining it. Fischer has said that, although the first description of diverticula of the intestine is usually attributed to Sömmering in his translation into German of Matthew Baillie's "Morbid Anatomy," in 1794, Voigtel cited previous cases which had been recorded by Schröch, Riolan, Günz, Morgagni and Haller.The subject of diverticula of the intestine was discussed by Cruveilhier in 1849. W. J. Mayo, Wilson, and Giffin, in 1907, were the first...Bibliography1. ABBE R: A case of sigmoid diverticulitis simulating malignancy: demonstrated by radiograph, operation, and specimen, Med. Rec., 1914, lxxxvi, 190-191. Google Scholar2. ALVAREZASCANIO WCH: Age and sex distribution of patients at The Mayo Clinic, Human Biology, 1930, ii, 185-198. Google Scholar3. BEER E: Some pathological and clinical aspects of acquired (false) diverticula of the intestine, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1904, cxxviii, 135-145. Google Scholar4. BELL FG: Diverticulitis, Jr. Col. Surg. Austral., 1929, ii, 226-232. Google Scholar5. 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