>. Various suspension operations are valuable in prop¬ erly selecled cases but disappointing in the remainder. At best these fixation points may be unstable. 7. Eadical excision of obstructive portions of the large bowel may give the highest percentage of operative mor¬ tality hut is likely to give the best ultimate results in the survivors. 8. In no field of surgery should haste be made slower than in this. It is not a field for the novice. !). The most important factor in the diagnosis is a

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... tailed clinical history pointing accurately to obstructive possibilities. A well taken skiagraph is of the greatest confirmatory value.