Chapter III: Pathology

17. _Dothinenteria. Pustules of the small Intestines._--From [Greek: dothinê], a pustule, and [Greek: enteron], an intestine. This name is given to a disease which has been described by M. BRETONNEAU, of Tours, and, after him, by SERRES, BROUSSAIS, ANDRAL, and several others, and consists in pustules, generally situated at the lower end of the ileum.

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We are told that this pustular disease is as common and as destructive as the _small pox_, (indeed!) the measles or the scarlatina; that few persons spend the whole of their lives without having, at some period, suffered by it; that it never affects individuals but once; and that it is suspected of being contagious.