A report of microscopical and physiological researches into the nature of the agent or agents producing cholera (second series) / by T.R. Lewis and D.D. Cunningham.

  • Lewis, T. R. (Timothy Richards), 1841-1886.
Date:
1874
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    [ 00 ] Moreau. Moreau’s experiments liave also been confirmed by Dr. Lauder Brunton. Those of the cases in our report for 1872 in which complete division was found to he unaccom- panied by an abundant secretion, must, therefore, he looked i upon as accidental; and, from extended experience, we would incline to ascribe the occurrence to incompleteness in the isolation of the ligatured loop, or to escape of the fluid owing to rupture of the gut as a result of ulceration at the site of ligature and of the pressure exerted by the contained fluid : both these accidents were more than once observed to have occurred and to have modified the results of the experiments accordingly. Only a few experiments on section of the greater splanch- Sections of splanchnic nic nerves were tried, as the results nerves- were entirely similar to those in the previous series of such sections. The following table shows the nature of the operation and the result in seven cases :— TABLE XXI. Table XXI.—Sections of the Splanchnic Nerves. No. Nature of operation. Result. 1 Section of left greater splanclinic nerve ; and excision of semilunar ganglion. No result. 2 Section of left greater splanchnic ; excision of semilunar ganglion ; and ligature of rectum. No result. 3 Section of both greater splanch- Died 36 hours afterwards with dysenteric nics. symptoms. 4 Section of both greater splanchnic nerves and ligature of rectum. No result. 5 Section of left greater splanchnic No result. Urine; sp. gr. 1.040; no and ligature of colon. sugar; no albumen. No result. 6 Section of both greater splanehnics 7 Section of left greater splanchnic No result. Urine contained neither and excision of semilunar gan- glion. sugar nor albumen. It appears from this that no result similar to that depend ont on section of the mesenteric nerves can he induced b division of the splanchnic nerves, even when this is con Lined with excision of the semilunar ganglia. Calcutta, | October 1871. )