Abdominal adhesions are bands of tissue that form between abdominal tissues and organs. these vary from a consistency of wet tissue paper, which are of little significance, to a strong, fibrous band that can readily cause obstruction.
On April 19, 1912, those parts of New York County which had been annexed from Westchester County in the past decades were newly constituted as Bronx County, the 62nd and last county to be created by the state, effective in 1914.
In 1874, New York City annexed the area west of the Bronx River and in 1895, the part east of it. Manhattan residents called the territory the Annexed District; those who lived there called it the North Side.