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" Early diagnosis is of the greatest importance in reference to treatment and result. 1. Find with tip of finger — using firm pressure — point of sensitiveness (exact point of greatest sensitiveness) ; it will be, in an adult, one and a half to two... "
Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York - Page 211
by Medical Society of the State of New York (1807- ) - 1891
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Denver Medical Times: Utah Medical Journal. Nevada Medicine, Volume 12

1893 - 804 pages
...asks where McBurney's point is located. It is situated from one and a half to two inches inches inside the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, on a line drawn from that process to the umbilicus. THE PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS. SECTION OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN....
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Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal, Volume 13

1891 - 638 pages
...pressure of the finger tips, — not of the palm or whole hand, upon the abdomen and is found as a rule in the adult from one and a half to two inches inside...superior spinous process of the ilium on a line drawn from it to the umbilicus. In children it varies according to size of the patient, but upon the same...
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Proceedings, Volume 12

Philadelphia County Medical Society - 1891 - 488 pages
...(exact point of greatest sensitiveness) ; it will be in an adult one and a half to two inches inside the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, on a line drawn from that process to the umbilicus — in children, according to size — less distant from the spine...
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Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, Volume 3

Charles Eucharist de Medicis Sajous - 1892 - 568 pages
...(exact point of greatest sensitiveness) ; it will be, in an adult, one and a half to two inches inside the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, on a line drawn from that process to the umbilicus; in children, according to si/e, less distant from the spine of...
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Transactions of the New Hampshire Medical Society ...

New-Hampshire Medical Society - 1893 - 394 pages
...as he was the first distinctly to point out its existence and manner of finding it, as follows : " This point is very accurately, in the adult, from...size, so much less distant from the spinous process. The point corresponds very accurately on the living subject to the base of the appendix." In examining...
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Denver Medical Times: Utah Medical Journal. Nevada Medicine, Volume 12

1893 - 822 pages
...asks where McBurney's point is located. It is situated from one and a half to two inches inches inside the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, on a line drawn from that process to the umbilicus. THE PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS. SECTION OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN....
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A Text-book of surgery

George Emerson Brewer - 1903 - 744 pages
...blood-count may show a leucocytosis of from 10,000 to 14,000. If the closed appendix 1 A point 2J inches from the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium on a line to the umbilicus. contains pus, cmpyema of the appendix, the leucocyte.sis may be higher. If the process...
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Surgical Diagnosis

Edward Martin - 1909 - 814 pages
...interfere with blood supply. The surface marking of the root of the appendix lies two to three inches from the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium on a line passing directly to the corresponding bony process of the opposite side. The function of the colon...
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Surgery of Childhood

Sidney Freeman Wilcox - 1909 - 418 pages
...epigastrium, but finally is located about "McBurney's point," a spot located about two inches from the right anterior superior spinous process of the ilium, on a line with the umbilicus. The sensitiveness is usually greatest on point pressure over this location. The...
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Transactions of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama

Medical Association of the State of Alabama - 1900 - 586 pages
...point is a definite one in most cases. This point is very accurately determined. In the adult, it is from one and a half to two inches inside of the right...size, so much less distant from the spinous process." Edebohls(^) also made an important addition to our diagnostic resources when he, in 1894, described...
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