Relative Frequency—Age and Sex Affected—Etiology—Classification
Symptomatology—Physical Exploration—Diagnosis—Prognosis
The Palliative Treatment
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.