Cases of cholera collected at Paris : in the month of April, 1832, in the wards of MM. Andral and Louis, at the Hospital La Pitié / by James Jackson, Jr.

  • Jackson, James, Jr., 1810-1834.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Cases of cholera collected at Paris : in the month of April, 1832, in the wards of MM. Andral and Louis, at the Hospital La Pitié / by James Jackson, Jr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pora striata of rather a deeper color than common; al- though its cohesion is good, jet the brain is a little flac- cid. Pons Varolii natural; cortical substance of the cere- bellum of a livid pink, tinge ; a little red serous fluid in the occipital fossa?. Spinal Marrow, The vessels covering its surface are somewhat injected; otherwise its color and consistence are natural. The principal nerves of the upper and low- er extremities are of their ordinary color and consist- ence. Superior cervical Ganglia an inch long and a line broad; of a pale whitish grey, not far separated from the middle ganglia, which are but half as large ; both of them firm and natural. Par Vagum natural, having some reddish lines on its surface and in the intervals of its fibres. Semilunar Ganglion greyish and reddish, about a line in thickness and very firm. I did not see the case just related. It occurred after I left Paris, and the notes of it were sent me by my friend M. Maunoir, as affording evidence that although the epidemic influence had greatly diminished, considered with respect to the numbers attacked with the disease, it yet remained in all its early violence so far as may be judged by the severity of its effects upon one indi- vidual. I think that one can scarcely hesitate to consider the contents of the large intestines and the condition of its mucous membrane as undeniable evidences of inflam- mation, to say nothing of the stomach and small intes- tines. The morbid appearance of the lung, so carefully de- scribed by Louis, I presume to be an apoplexy of this organ. It did not exist to a very great extent, how- ever.