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E. LEE STROHL, M.D.; SELIM W. McARTHUR, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1939;38(4):783-787.

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Johann Friedreich Meckel¹ was the first to describe a congenital diverticulum of the lower portion of the ileum. His description was published in 1808. He called attention to the importance of this structure in causation of serious disease. One hundred and fifteen years before this report, in 1683, Ruysch² had described a diverticulum and later in 1701 had published in "Thesaurus Anatomicus" (vol. 7, fig. 283) an illustration of this malformation. In 1700 Littré³ reported a diverticulum encountered in a hernial sac. He, however, failed to describe the muscular coats characteristic of the congenital defect, and the embryonic derivation was not traced. It was from this description that the term "Littré's hernia" took origin.

Meckel's diverticulum, an anomaly found in man, occurs rather commonly. Various opinions have been expressed as to its incidence. The estimates range from 0.1 to 3 per cent. Balfour⁴ found 15 Meckel's . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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CHICAGO

From Surgical Service A of St. Luke's Hospital.

Footnotes
Read at the clinical meeting of the Chicago Surgical Society at St. Luke's Hospital, March 5, 1938.

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