Violence and the Diagram; Or, The Human Centipede

Abstract

The fi stula in ano, an infected tunnel that connects the anal canal and a secondary opening in the skin, that external perianal opening which may be visible, and which usually results from anorectal pustules that produce the hollow damp antrum, the cavity which will have to be evaluated for depth and extent of the tract, and from which builtup debris renders (as in hot oil, tried from the fat; as in presenting for inspection or consideration; as in payment due, as though a tribute) a foulsmelling drainage and thin yellow exudate, a bloody brown percolation from the blocked septic glands, a forced draining in another organ that may allow feces to pass to the skin, & note it can be chronic, and of course, once ruptured, what is suppurating results also in swelling and chills and great pain, usually requires, as abscesses generally do, some form of surgery. And when the fourteenthcentury English surgeon John of Arderne details his technique for treat-