A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton].

  • Christopher Robert Pemberton
Date:
1820
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Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [3] of the abdomen,* by the pulse being above one hundred in a minute—by the pain being permanent—by its being encreased from pressure, even before any tension has taken place on the abdomen—by its pro- ducing no inclination to go to stool, and by its not being diminished, if this evacuation should be produced either spontaneously or by design. In the examination after death, the Pe- ritonzeum is found very minutely injected with red blood ; and there is likewise dis- covered in the cavity of the abdomen, more or less of a fluid, oftentimes whey-coloured, in which shreds of coagulable lymph are seen floating. The intestines are distended with air, frequently to an enormous size. Iam aware that there is an affection of the abdomen, which attacks puerperal women, and which is said to be an infec- tious disease. I have been present at the * Enteritis mesenterica difficillime distinguitur ab enteri- tide, quacum etiam sepe complicatur.—Sauvage, Classis iii. gen. XV. sp. iv.