A case of pancreatic cyst successfully treated by abdominal section and bandage / by G. Newton Pitt and W.H.A. Jacobson.

  • Pitt, G. Newton (George Newton), 1853-1929
Date:
1891
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Credit: A case of pancreatic cyst successfully treated by abdominal section and bandage / by G. Newton Pitt and W.H.A. Jacobson. 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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    booklets. The swelling was much reduced in size. After the tapping the patient had increased pain, which was relieved by a morphia injection. 14th.—The patient is much freer from pain this morn- ing, the jaundice is less marked, and the lower limit of the dulness has receded two inches. Fig. 2. The area which is shaded with horizontal lines was dull on percussion in August, 1889. The prominent portion of the tumour is also indicated. 16th.—The pain has again increased considerably, and the region of the swelling is very tender. The pain together with the jaundice and the swelling gradually diminished, so that on the 26th the patient was able to go home, there being only a slight amount of jaundice.
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