FITZ, Reginald Heber
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Perforating inflammation of the vermiform appendix, with special reference to its early diagnosis and treatment.Trans. Ass. Amer. Phys., 1, 107-44, 1886.A conclusive demonstration of the pathology and symptoms of disease of the vermiform appendix. Fitz invented the term “appendicitis”; his paper, which records 25 cases collected by himself, convinced physicians of the need to remove the appendix immediately if threatening symptoms did not subside within 24 hours. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 459-91. Subjects: SURGERY: General › Appendicitis |
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Acute pancreatitis; a consideration of pancreatic hemorrhage, hemorrhagic suppurative, and gangrenous pancreatitis, and of disseminated fat necrosis.Boston. med. surg. J., 120, 181-87, 205-07, 229-35, 1889.Fitz described three forms of acute pancreatitis, and made the earliest suggestion that disseminated fat necrosis is the result of a pathologic process in the pancreas. Subjects: HEPATOLOGY › Diseases of the Gallbladder, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas |