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.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![for phthisis, from which he died. At the autopsy the peritoneum •was found to be covered with tubercles, and the abdominal visceia were united to each other by adhesions. There was a congenital deficiency of the anterior half of the third rib. See Insp. vol. 4, p. 150 ; and Prep. 1044 [2nd Edit.]. 1214 Tuberculosis of the Peritoneum. The anterior wall of a stomach mounted to shew the serous coat covered with masses of caseating tubercle. The mucous surface is unaffected. From a boy who suffered from ascites, 1215 Caseous Tubercle of the Peritoneum. A portion of the abdominal wall mounted to shew large irregular masses of a firm yellow material, situated beneath the serous membrane. Histological examination shews the deposit to consist of caseating tubercle. 1216 Tuberculous Peritonitis. Artificial Anus. Several coils of small intestine firmly united to each other and to a portion of the abdominal wall. At the point of adhesion to the parietes there is an artificial anus. A probe introduced into this aperture passes directly into one of the coils of the intestine, and also into an irregular cavity, from which there are numerous openings into other adjacent coils. Histological exa- mination shev\'s that the material matting the intestines together contains caseating tuberculous deposit. From a girl, set. 6, who was admitted into the hospital in 1829. She had been suffering from some abdominal affection for about a year, and some months before her death a swelling appeared near the umbilicus, which broke and discharged faeces. At the autopsy the lungs were found to contain tubercle and there were numerous tuberculous ulcers in the ileum. The Fallopian tubes contained caseous matter. See Imp. vol. 8, p. 50. 1217 Peritoneal Abscess perforating the Colon. A portion of the abdominal wall, with a part of the liver and ascending colon, mounted to shew an abscess](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21535978_0452.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
