Antiseptic surgery : its principles, practice, history and results / by W. Watson Cheyne.
- Watson Cheyne
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Antiseptic surgery : its principles, practice, history and results / by W. Watson Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Psoas and No Name and Age Date of Operation and Discharge ; witli Eesul t ' Disease 7 T. H., 9 . . . Op., Feb. 8, 1873. JJis., March 8, 1873. Result, in i)rocess ot cure. Three lumbar abscesses. Curvature in the dorsal region. Patient weak and thin. 8 Helen T., 24 . Op., May 7, 1873. Dis., Dec. 22, „ Result, cured. Psoas abscess, which had passed into the thigh. Patient began to feel weakness iu the back about six months previously, tshe had noticed the swelling in her thitrh for three months. . 9 Donald R., 26 . Op., June 2, 1873. J)is., Jan. 23, 1874. Result, cured. Psoas abscess pointing in the thigh. Curva- ture in the lower lumbar region. 10 Jane R., 27 . . Op., July 2, 1873. Bis., Feb. 2, 1876. Result, cured. Patient was admitted in June 1873 on ac- count of suppuration of the sheatlis of the flexor tendons of the hand following an in- cision into a bursitis of these tendons not performed aseptically. On July 2, a psoas abscess was found in the right iliac fossa. Had suffered from pain in her back for about a year, and for some lime from ab- dominal tenderness. 11 Anne McK., 22 Op., Aug. 21, 1873. Bis., Spring 1875. Resu t, cured. Lumbar abscess with well-marked curvature of the lower dorsal vertebra;. A second abscess formed later. 12 — W., 32 . . Op., Sept. 2, 1873. Bied, Feb. 3, 1874. The cause of death was phthisis. Psoas abscess pointing in the thigh. Curva- ture in the lumbar region ; great pain in the back. Advanced phthisis. 13 Eliza M., 30 . Op., Feb. 19, 1874. Bis., Nov. 10, „ Result, in ]}rocess of cure. Dorsal abscess. Great tenderness on pres- sure over the whole dorsal vertcbni; and curvature of tlie middle ones. Patient very weak and anajmic. Tlie pain began a year ago. Patient half-witted.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20409928_0562.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
