Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the stomach, the intestinal canal, the liver, and other viscera of the abdomen / By John Abercrombie.
- John Abercrombie
- Date:
- 1830
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pathological and practical researches on diseases of the stomach, the intestinal canal, the liver, and other viscera of the abdomen / By John Abercrombie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![much flatulence, and a burning sensation in the breast and throat. He died, gradually exhausted, about two months after the commencement of the vomiting. On inspection, the principal appearance was an abscess, four inches in dia- meter, formed between the upper surface of the pancreas and the lower surface of the left lobe of the liver. The sides of the abscess were rugged and uneven, and it contained a thick curdy matter. The pancreas and the adjoining por- tion of the liver were hardened; and there was hardness with contraction of the cesophagus, extending along its thoracic portion. II].—ENLARGEMENT, WITH A MIXED STATE OF DISEASE, PARTLY CONSISTING OF INDURATION, AND PARTLY OF A SOFTENED STATE RESEMBLING THE MEDUL- LARY SARCOMA. Casr CLI.—A lady, aged about 40, came to Edin- burgh in May 1829, affected with very deep jaundice, which was of several months standing. There was occa- sional uneasiness in the abdomen, but it was not severe ; and the general health was little impaired. No disease could be discovered in the region of the liver: in the cen- tre of the abdomen, near the umbilicus, there was a slight feeling of knotty irregularity, but it was obscure, and could only be felt occasionally. I saw her along with Dr. Macwhirter, and a great variety of treatment was adopted without benefit. She at length became dropsical, and re- turned to the country, where she died, gradually exhaust- ed, in August.—I am indebted to Mr. Syme of Kilmar- nock for the account of the morbid appearances. Inspection.—There was a gallon of fluid in the abdo- minal cavity. The gall bladder was very large, and was](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33093532_0449.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
