The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

Date:
1797
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. 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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    C ’55 ] CHAP. VIII. DISEASED APPEARANCES IN THE INTESTINES. Inflammation. 1 he intestinal canal is subject to inflamma- tion from a variety of causes, and therefore we have frequent opportunities of observ- ing its effects after death. When a portion of intestine is inflamed, there is spread upon its outer surface a number of small vessels, many of which are carrying florid blood. When the intestine is cut into, so as to ex- hibit its inner membrane, it appears highly vascular from the small vessels of the villi being loaded with blood, and there are fre- quently to be seen a few spots of blood ex- travasated. In inflammation of the in- testines, the peritonaeum is often very little, or not at all affected. When, however, the inflammation is very great, the peritonaeum is also inflamed, and covered with a layer y
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