Clinical and pathological observations on acute abdominal diseases due to conditions of the alimentary tract and the uniformity of their origin : the Erasmus Wilson Lectures 1904 / by Edred M. Corner.

  • Corner, Edred M. (Edred Moss), 1872-
Date:
1904
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Credit: Clinical and pathological observations on acute abdominal diseases due to conditions of the alimentary tract and the uniformity of their origin : the Erasmus Wilson Lectures 1904 / by Edred M. Corner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    appendix arc. met with, it will be notloed tin' thedi I <l pi of that organ is inflamed, perforated, or arrottnded by an abscess, just, in the aame way as I be above illn > ni ion i li shown the Corresponding part of .Meckel's diverticulum to be. Mr. Q. Grey Turner, of Newcastle, in hi- SfUTQ Aspect* of ApjHiwlicilis, <|Uotes ;i case in illust nil ion of ihi-. lie opera fed on a man for intcsf inal f >l*.-st ruction and found the appendix adherent by its tip to the back of the tory, and there can be little doubt that there was mechanical obstruction produced by the adherent appendix acting like a band across the ileum. It was adherent by its ti]> . . . and there was a small abscess in this situation. Heiu quoted by Mr. Turner, describes a similar case in which the adherent tip of the appendix contained an abscess. The material and organisms which are dammed up in the tip of a blind process will lead to sloughing or acute infective necrosis of that part, as the above examples have shown to be the case with Meckel's diverticulum and the appendix. Non-virulent organisms sometimes die out, as is seen in some cystic appendices. These examples complete the analogies between the appendix and its diseases to Meckel's diverticulum and its diseases. XVII. CHOLECYSTITIS AND PERFORATIONS OF THE GALL BLADDER The analogy between the gall bladder and the appendix is a very striking one. Both are diverticula of the alimentary tract being natural backwaters of it. Both are liable to acute and chronic infections from it. As a result of the
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