Illustrations of a peculiar bleeding tumour of the rectum / by Richard Quain.

  • Richard Quain
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Illustrations of a peculiar bleeding tumour of the rectum / by Richard Quain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    words, there was no connection with the muscular coat of the gut, and there was no narrow part in the form of a neck. The bowel around the diseased out-growth, was found to be free from hardness, and also from any other indication of disease. Assisted by Dr. Eogers, Mr. Cardell and Mr. Vincent Jackson, I removed the tumour. After the operation, which was performed in July 1857, the patient did well in all respects. Dr. Rogers has informed me that some months ago his patient had a degree of discomfort from a costive state of the bowels; but that the trouble on that score being removed, she felt not the least inconvenience in the I bowel. I have ascertained that now, August 1859, Mrs. R. has not the slightest suffering from a return of the former or from any other affection. of the bowel. The size and form of the tumour are well repre- sented in the figure. No. 1, which has been taken from Mr. Ford’s accurate drawing of the recent preparation. The colour was that of arterial blood. To the touch the mass was soft and pulpy, giving the notion of a comparatively small amount of solid matter. Short, thick, soft processes projected over the whole surface; they were more or less club- shaped ; some were undivided, others were notched. Under the microscope each process was found to consist of a thick coating of epithelium, large vessels, and basement membrane, with a support of fibrous structure : fig. 2. No appearance was discovered to