The colon was enormously distended and the walls thickened.

When three months old it was necessary to puncture the bowel for distention.

Collins describes spontaneous rupture of the stomach in a woman of seventy-four, the subject of lateral curvature of the spine, who had frequent attacks of indigestion and tympanites.

On the day of death there was considerable distention, and a gentle purgative and antispasmodic were given.

Just before death a sudden explosive sound was heard, followed by collapse.