RECTUM

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 3

is the last cight inches of the intestinal canal. Diseases of the rectum include (1) absence of any opening from birth, (2) fistula, (3) cancer, (4) piles, (5) prolapse, (6) stricture. [Refer to the so hcadings.} [s. 400]