Particulars of the illness and death of the late Mr. Mori, the violinist / by E.W. Duffin.

Date:
1839
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Credit: Particulars of the illness and death of the late Mr. Mori, the violinist / by E.W. Duffin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. On the day following his decease, the body was examined, in the presence of Dr. Child, Messrs. Rogers and Balderson, and several personal friends of the family. On removing- the cranium, a considerable quan- tity of bloody serum escaped from under the dura mater. The sinuses and venous system in g-eneral were very much gorged with blood. The dura mater was somewhat thickened in its texture, and more dense than usual. It adhered very firmly to the glands of Pacchioni, which were conside- rably enlarged, and in a tubercular, semi-suppu- rating condition. The arachnoid membrane was thickened and opaque—the result of chronic inflam- mation of its texture. A milk-coloured serum, and portions of coagulable lymph, were effused under this coat throughout its whole surface, so abundantly as to separate it from the pia mater to the extent of the sixth of an inch. The pia mater and substance of the brain were softened, and in some parts reduced to a pultaceous consistence. The ventricles were filled with serous effusion • and a considerable quantity of fluid ran out from the spinal canal. The arterial system was ossified to a most remarkable extent, in every part of its ramifi- cations. The larger arteries, from being closely
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