Notice of the dissection of a case of lateral transposition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen in a man / by Allen Thomson.

  • Thomson, Allen, 1809-1884.
Date:
[1853?]
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Credit: Notice of the dissection of a case of lateral transposition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen in a man / by Allen Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTIOK Ol' THE DISSECTION or A CAsa or LATERAL TRANSPOSITION' OF THE VISCERA OF THE THORAX AND ABDOMEN IN A MAN. BY ALLEN THOMS(TN, M.D., F'.R.S.S., Lond. and Edik., ntOPMOK or AKATOITT tf TBS CTXrrERSrTT or OLASOOW. [From tht> (Ila-Viow Medicai. JorRS'AL/or July, 1B.W.] In the course of last winter, a ca.se of nearly complete lateral transposition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen was met with m the dissectinff-room of the University, and as instances of this remarkable malformation are by no means common, the read- ers of this journal may be interested with an acoouut of it. The subject of this case was a man of about 48 years of age, above the middle size, and of rather a robust frame of bo<ly. He was by trade a marble cutter, and a native of England; but nothing more of his history was known, than that he had been subject to rheumatism in early life, and about eight years ago had suffered from an attack of pleurisy. He was atlmitted into the hospital of the City Poor’s-House on the 28th of January, and died on the 4th of February last, or seven days after lus admission. The above information, and the following particidars as to his state during the time he was in the hospital, were furnished by Mr. Marshall, house surgeon to the hospitd. On admission, this man’s face and lips were livid; there was considerable difficulty of breathing, and he expectorated large quantities of thick yellow mucus. The origin of the disease was not learned. The lungs appeared to be the principal seat of disease. Percussion of the chest gave a clear sound towards the upper and front part of the lungs, but on the left side, below and behind, there was considerable dulness of sound. Tlie sounds of the heart as heard by the stethoscope, appeared to he nearly natural as regards their rhythm and intensity; but the stroke of the lieart w'as felt on the right side of the sternum, and the sounds were heard more loudly on that than on the left side. The first sound was rather weaker than natural, and was best