Relative Frequency—Age and Sex Affected—Etiology—Classification

[Chapter II.]

Symptomatology—Physical Exploration—Diagnosis—Prognosis

[Chapter III.]

The Palliative Treatment

[Chapter IV.]

The Operative Treatment


PREFACE.

In the following pages I have endeavored to give a concise yet thorough account of the two affections Fissure of the Anus and Fistula in Ano, in respect to their etiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment. It has not been my object to write upon rectal fistulæ in general.