Case in which the vena cava inferior was obstructed from the commencement of the common iliac veins, and its cavity entirely obliterated between the entrance of the emulgent and hepatic veins / by Thomas Bevill Peacock ; communicated by Alexander Naysmith.

  • Thomas Bevill Peacock
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[1844]
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Credit: Case in which the vena cava inferior was obstructed from the commencement of the common iliac veins, and its cavity entirely obliterated between the entrance of the emulgent and hepatic veins / by Thomas Bevill Peacock ; communicated by Alexander Naysmith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE IN WHICH THE VENA CAVA INFERIOR WAS OBSTRUCTED FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE COMMON ILIAC VEINS, AND ITS CAVITY ENTIRELY OBLITERATED BETWEEN THE ENTRANCE OF THE EMULGENT AND HEPATIC VEINS. By THOMAS BEVILL PEACOCK, M.D., PHYSICIAN TO THE ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY, ALDERSGATE STREET. Communicated by ALEXANDER NASMYTH, Esq. Received October 28th—Read November 12th, 1844. Though a considerable number of instances are recorded, in which the main venous trunks of the upper or lower portions of the body have been found more or less completely obstructed, it is conceived that the following case, which furnishes an unusual example of an entire obliteration of the inferior cava, will be interesting to the Society. Agnes M‘Ewen, aged 47, of intemperate habits, was admitted into the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, on the 16th of August 1842 ; her friends stated that she had been married at the age of 25 ; had had six children, and always recovered well after her confine- ments. In the October preceding her admission into the Infirmary, her health began to decline, and the catamenia appeared more frequently, and the dis- charge was more copious than previously. In the B
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