Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the Museum of Guy's Hospital.
- Guy's Hospital. Museum
- Date:
- 1894
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the Museum of Guy's Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![doininal wall. There are numerous strong filamentous bands, some measuring five inches in length, attaching the diaphragm to the convex surface of the liver. Histological examination shews the liver to be fatty and cirrhotic. Eliza S. was admitted under Dr. Bright in 1826 ^^^th ascites of several niontlis' duration, for which paracentesis was performed. She died a week after the operation, and at the autopsy two gallons of clear colourless effusion were found in the peritoneal cavity. See Insp. vol. 1, p. 1; and Pvep. 22o2 [2nd Edit.]. 1206 Peritoneal Adhesions. Portions of a liver and diaphragm connected to each other by numerous filamentous adhesions, some of which measure two inches in length. 1207 Peritoneal Cysts. Chronic Peritonitis. A spleen, with a j^ortion of the stomach and diaphragm matted together by fibrous adhesions. There are several pedunculated cysts with thin translucent walls, which in the recent state contained ascitic fluid. INIaria B., set. 40, was admitted under Dr. Bright in 1829 with ascites, for A\'hicli paracentesis was on several occasions performed. She died three weeks after admission, and at the autopsy the liver was found to he cirrhotic. See Insp. vol. 9, p. 30. 1208 Tuberculosis of the Peritoneum. A portion of parietal peritoneum mounted to shew the granular appearance produced by a deposit of miliary tubercle. Margaret M., set. 59, was admitted under Dr. Habershon for pain in the chest and dyspnoea of ten weeks' duration. She died four and a half months after the onset of her illness, and at the autopsy the pleura and peritoneum were found to be thickly studded with miliary tubercle, and there was recent pericarditis. See Imp. 1866, No. 357. 1209 Tuberculosis of the Omentum. One half of an omentum, greatly thickened by a firm](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21535978_0450.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
