[Is the presence of air in the small intestines pathological (author's transl)].

The authors examined 119 patients coming to the Radiological Department for various reasons excluding all abdominal pathology: road traffic accidents, rheumatological pain, oto-rhino-laryngological or ophthalmological causes. Two observers, working separately but comparing their results, concluded that there was air in the small intestines in 51 % of the patients, and that the presence of air in the small intestines was considerable in 6 % of the patients. The presence of air in the small intestines was noted in 40 % of outpatients and in 70 % of patients in bed.

[Operative therapy of hyperhidrosis axillaris (author's transl)].

Development and problems connected with the surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis are considered. 32 patients were operated according to the method of Préaux. The results are good, both cosmetically and with regard to the diminution of the excessive sweat production.

[A rare cause of spontaneous haemoperitoneum: rupture of an aneurysm due to fibromuscular dysplasis (author's transl)].

The authors report the case of a patient presenting with an acute haemoperitoneum. Angiography after surgery led to a diagnosis of fibro-muscular dysplasia. They stress the rarity of this aetiology in the development of haemoperitoneum, perhaps related to the small number of angiographic studies made after surgery.