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Two cases are reported in which the question of diagnosis was of extreme and immediate importance and in which the treatment of the conditions considered were entirely and radically different. The use of a simple procedure such as abdominal puncture yielded the necessary information in the shortest possible time.
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From the Medical Service of Dr. W. L. Whittemore and the Surgical Service of Dr. I. Kross.
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Kross, I. Abdominal puncture—its value in the differential diagnosis between coronary closure and perforated abdominal viscus. Jour. D. D. 10, 301–302 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002311
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002311