Cholecystotomy : with a report of two new cases, a table of all the hitherto reported cases, and remarks / by J.H. Musser and W.W. Keen.
- John Herr Musser
- Date:
- [1884]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cholecystotomy : with a report of two new cases, a table of all the hitherto reported cases, and remarks / by J.H. Musser and W.W. Keen. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHOLECYSTOTOMY; WITH A REPORT OF TWO NEW CASES, A TABLE OF ALL THE HITHERTO REPORTED CASES, AND REMARKS. By J. H. MUSSER, M.D., CHIEF OF THE MEDICAL DISPENSARY OF THE HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND W. W. KEEN, M.D., PROFESSOR OF SURGERY IN THE WOMAN'S MEDICAL COLL PHILADELPHIA, SURGEON TO ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA. [Read September 3, 1884.] Case I. Reported by Dr. Musser. History ofsd^^v^^^jpkt- cuU of Jive years' duration ; jawidice for eight months ; sym-y- toras of obstruction ; attempted cholecystoiomy ; recovery.—L. S., aet. 32, male, a native of Germany, and resident of West Philadelphia, a watchmaker by occupation, came under my care in Nov. 1881, for hepatic colic ; of bilious temperament and sedentary habits, addicted to the use of malt liquors and tobacco in moderation, be was always healthy until the attacks began, from which his present condition developed. He had never had syphilis or malaria, and there is no evi- dence of diathetic disease or hepatic trouble in bis family history. The first intimation of hepatic trouble was five years ago (1876). At that time he had a severe attack of biliary colic followed b}' jaundice. Thenceforth he was always subject](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2229546x_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
