On spontaneous gangrene from arteritis and the causes of coagulation of the blood in diseases of the blood-vessels / by Joseph Lister.

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[1858?]
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Credit: On spontaneous gangrene from arteritis and the causes of coagulation of the blood in diseases of the blood-vessels / by Joseph Lister. 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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    ON I SPONTANEOUS GANOEENE EE'OM AETERITIS AND THE CAUSES OF COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD IN DISEASES OE THE BLOOD-VESSELS. By JOSEPH LISTER, Esq, F.E.C.S, Eng. and Edin, ASSISTANT-SURGEON TO THE ROYAL INKIBMARY OF EDINBURGH. {Read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, March 17, 1858.) [reprinted FROM THE EDINBURGH MEDICAL JOURNAL FOR APRIL 1858.] Mr President and GKNTLEMEN.-The case which I have the honour to bring before you this evening is one of spontaneous gan- Wl f P''.' S'^^' who, having had scar et fever nine months previously, and afterwai-ds suffered severely rom dropsy was seized about the middle of July last with deadly whiteness and coldness of both lower limbs up to a little above the knees. Her mother describes them as having resembled vax in appearance. She and her neighbours rubbed the legs perse- venngly, and, after an hour or two, the left limb recoverri its v'armth and usual aspect, but the other continued in the same state for about two days, when the mother observed some pale blue dt coloration between the ankle and the calf. This increased soread ing downwards to the foot; and, at the same t mrundeSt various changes of tint to pink, red, and green, till, at He end of Rotal Irffi^ reproduced.] At this time she was brought to the -here, m the temporary absence of Mr Spence, she^ame