Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen

1. The principles of diagnosis in acute abdominal disease; 2. Method of diagnosis: the history; 3. Method of diagnosis: the examination of the patient; 4. Method of diagnosis: the grouping of symptoms and signs; 5. Laboratory and radiological tests; 6. Appendicitis; 7. The differential diagnosis of appendicitis; 8. Perforation of a gastric or duodenal ulcer; 9. Acute pancreatitis; 10. Cholecystitis and other causes of acute pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen; 11. Acute abdominal lesions arising in the left hypochondrium; 12. The colics; 13. Acute intestinal obstruction; 14. Intussusception and other causes of obstruction; 15. The early diagnosis of strangulated and obstructed hernias; 16. Acute abdominal symptoms due to vascular lesions; 17. Acute abdominal symptoms in women; 18. Early ectopic gestation; 19. Acute abdominal disease with genitourinary symptoms; 20. The diagnosis of acute peritonitis; 21. The early diagnosis of abdominal injuries; 22. The postoperative abdomen; 23. The acute abdomen in the tropics; 24. Diseases that may simulate the acute abdomen; 25. Acute abdominal pain in the immunocompromised patient; 26. Abdominal catastrophes when sensation is impaired