Dr. Powell's case of hydrophobia / [Richard Powell].

  • Powell, Richard, 1767-1834
Date:
1808
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Credit: Dr. Powell's case of hydrophobia / [Richard Powell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXAMINATION OF THE BODY. THE vessels of the brain and its membranes were much loaded with blood, and nearly half an ounce of colorless fluid was contained in the ventricles. _ The intestines were much distended by air, and the peri tonzum, and also the pleura, were in a state of unusual and remarkable dryness ; there was more fluid than natural in the pericardium. | The esophagus was contracted and strongly marked by longitudinal rugz, it was somewhat redder than natural, and over its whole-internal surface there was spread a thin transpa- rent membrane-like unorganized layer of coagulable lymph, The trachea was in a natural state. The stomach contained nearly half a pint of greenish fluid; and upon its internal surface, which was rather redder and more yascular than natural, there were, under the internal mem- brane, some small spots of extravasated blood collected into clusters; these were not numerous and were chiefly found about the cardia. _ The body had been previously removed to her own dwel- ling, and therefore we had. not opportunity of making a very minute examination. _AND here, my dear Sir, I shall, as I proposed, close my account of this unfortunate case; it is the only one which has occurred in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital within the last twenty years; but well authenticated reports from various quarters, prove that the disease has prevailed more within the