Acute Disorders of the Abdomen

The acute abdomen often perplexes the expert as well as the young physician. There are few areas in medicine in which Hippocrates'' aphorism-the art is long, life is short, decision difficult, and delay perilous-is more applicable than here. Too often the harried physician fails to listen to the patient who is trying desperately to suggest the diagnosis. The significance of various types and locat...