Peritonaeum

That sepsis is not as likely to occur in these peritonaea as in laparotomy on healthy ones, on account of the pathological changes which have taken place in the membrane.

“Researchers” at the Basle Pharmaceutical Group Sandoz AG injected poisons into the peritonaea of mice, rats and rhesus monkeys, placed the animals on hot-plates, scorched their tails and clamped their feet.