Peritonitis
inflammation of the disease. In the former there is usually great pain and tenderness of the abdomen, accompanied with fever, and a frequent, small, and hard pulse. Sometimes, at first, the pain is confined to one spot, but it gene the whole of the abdomen. It is very severe, and much increased by any mogreat pain and tenderness of the abdo- disease. In the former there is usually may exist either as an acute or chronic generally soon extends over a long breath. Its causes are various, as PERIWINKLE by cold, mechanical injuries of the peritoneum, the development of tumors, etc. Women in childbed are peculiarly liable to it. After the disease has continued for a certain time, it is attended with tension and swelling of the belly; and if not checked, it usually terminates in from 5 to 10 days.
PERIWINKLE (Littorina), a genus of marine Gasteropods, represented by several species on British coasts. The 0 MC 00 A RO -C PERKINS States on the matter, provide that a false oath or declaration made on some specified occasions, or for some particular purposes, shall be considered to be perjury, and punishable accordingly. Perjury is a misdemeanor at common law, and by several statutes punishable by fine and imprisonment, and by penal servitude for a term not exceeding seven years.