COLON

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 1

is the large intestine, from its ky at the ileo-cwcal valve to the sigmoid flexure, which is situated near the termination of tho intestine. Inflammation of the Colon is Colitis, one form of which is dysentery. [s. 344]