Bovine tuberculosis in man : an account of the pathology of suspected cases / by Charles Creighton.
- Charles Creighton
- Date:
- 1881
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Bovine tuberculosis in man : an account of the pathology of suspected cases / by Charles Creighton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![CHAI‘TKK IX. SUMMARY. l’»*rUacbt, or tli« |>carl-(ltiivaHc of tlio )»ovine ipocie*, has a autticimit numUT of diNlinctive characters to ai‘{>anite it from all other iHnooiioa. Tlie foniiutiutia on the pletira ami ]Mrritotieuin are the tnoin fixture of the diseaae, and they arc aaid also to \m the t^arliost indications of its presence in the bcxly of the aninial. Tlieso fomiations of the serous inetnbronea U«gin os soft vascular, villous>like outjfrowths, which in course of time becoiuo consolidated, or develop nodules in their substance; and the nodules so formed are the {learls of the dis<>ase. They are often suspendtMl as if on threails, being joined together by roundiHl corddiko pnx:esHes proceeding from the poles of the nodules; they may become more or confluent, and the confluent masses of nodules may grow to a great sixe, in which case they hang from the serous inembnine by a stalk. Most commonly the ])ettrl-n(xlule8 are al)out the size of lentils, and they may be even miliary and sub> miliary. Tlie round or oval flattcneil nodules, of the size of lentils, aro often found on the pleura or [writoneum in dense nia.sses resembling the compact convex leaves of duckwc*ed on the surface of a |>ool; hence the name of MefrHivtujkrit, by wljich the disease is known in the earlier Gennan veterinary writings. While these tumour-like formations of the serous membranes have always ranked as the leading feature of the disease, it is genemlly admitted that the implication of the lymphatic glands is only second in imjwrtance ns a constant character, and the “ j)carl-di.sea.se ” has also been called the “ gland-diseasa” The bronchial and mediastinal glands, and the mesenteric and retro- peritoneal are liable to be affected. They sometimes grow* to an enormous size, from the formation of a nunilKjr of nodules in their interior, and, like the pearl-nodules, they are liable to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2226758x_0112.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
