A descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens in the museum of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton / by Percival Horton-Smith ; with the assistance of William Thomas Mullings.

  • Hartley, Percival Horton-Smith, Sir, 1867-
Date:
1904
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens in the museum of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton / by Percival Horton-Smith ; with the assistance of William Thomas Mullings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (3) Showing Eupture of Pulmonary Aneurysms. 269. An aneurysm of a large branch of the pulmonary artery is seen completely filling a cavity in the lower lobe of the left lung. The aneurysm is the size of a walnut, and has ruptured at its lower and anterior part. K 176 From a man who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and extreme emphysema. 270. This specimen shows a large thin-walled aneurysm which has rup- tured. In its interior can be seen a certain amount of clot. An old specimen of which there is no further record. 271. In the antero-lateral part of the left lower lobe there is a large cavity containing a thin-walled ruptured aneurysm the size of a walnut. In the recent state the cavity was entirely filled with blood- clot. L 86 From a man aged 34, the subject of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis, who died of hsemoptysis. 272. The lung shows tuberculosis of a very chronic type. In the upper lobe (right) is a large cavity containing a ruptured aneurysm at its lower and posterior part.. Another aneurysm, the size of a large marble, is seen at the apex of the lower lobe. This also had ruptured, and the cavity is filled with blood-clot. K 169 From a man aged 39, who suffered from chronic pulmonary tuberculosis, and died of exhaustion after frequent attacks of hsemoptysis. 273. In this specimen, at the apex of a large cavity, a pedimculated aneurysm is seen hanging from a large pulmonary vessel. Both the aneurysm and the vessel are laid open. An old specimen of which there is no further record. 274. The specimen shows the left lung bisected, and the two halves opened out. The lung is seen to be somewhat shrunken, while the pleura is greatly thickened. The upper lobe is in a condition of almost total excavation, while a large cavity communicating with the former is also present in the lower lobe. On the anterior wall of this cavity is situated an aneurysm the size of a small marble. This had ruptured at one spot, and as a result both cavities were found fiUed with recent blood-clot, which on the right-hand side of the specimen has been left in situ. N 223 From a man aged 20, a shop assistant, who was in the hospital suffering from chronic pulmonary tuberculosis, with a history of two years’ duration. During the last week of his life he suffered on three occasions from hsemo- ptysis, bringing up seven, fourteen, and five ounces respectively. In the right Ivmg, which showed both old and recent tuberculous disease, a second aneurysm was found (specimen No. 267) very similar in size to the one here shown. It had not, however, ruptured. 275. In the lower lobe near the septum, and about] four inches from the