Practical observations on herniae : illustrated with cases.
- Wilmer, Bradford
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations on herniae : illustrated with cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![£j6 O B'S ERVATI O'N'Sf tllefis.—The Changes of the Body, which* dire the genuine Confeqiiences of Death .are often confounded with thofe Appear ances that are fuppofed to denote the di'f- •ealed State of tloe Parts whiift living. Tliel Tnteftine is often found in Hernias of a re'd| Colour, and from thence it is declared to T>e inflamed ; but this Appearance may be explained from that Interception to th' '.Return of the Blood occafioned by the Border of the Tendon j irdoes notthere- fore neceflarily prove, that an Inflamma- rribn had exited during Ijife, and it is ^•npouible ; hat Inflammation can exift in^j dead Body.—When Putrefaction is far' ^advanced, the inteftinal Canal generally'’! ^becomes of a red Colour, it may therefore ' jjbe occafioned by Putrefaction, or many Mother Caufes*. It has been before re- marked,*] * The ingenious Anatomift Mr. John Hunter has * very judicioufly obferved, that “ An accurate' Knowledge of the Appearances in animal Bodies “ thaf »die a violent Death-; that is in perfect Health, * “ or in a found State, ought to be confidcred as a “ neadfiry Foundation for judging of the State of .*« thdBady in rhofe that are difealed.” “](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21513703_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
