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Diffuse septic peritonitis, with special reference to a new method of treatment, namely, the elevated head and trunk posture, to facilitate drainage into the pelvis, with a report of nine consecutive cases of recovery.

Publication Details

Med. Rec. (N.Y.), 57, 617-23, 1029-31. 1900 CE.

First description of the “Fowler position”. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1940, 4, 551-80. Fowler was preceded in this innovation by Charles White. See No. 6270.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#5623
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External URLdiffuse-septic-peritonitis-with-special-reference-to-a-new-method-of-treatment-namely-the-elevated-head-and-trunk-posture-to-facilitate-drainage-into-the-pelvis-with-a-report-of-nine-consecutive-cases-of-recovery