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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    nary size in first half, where exists a turbid, rather fluid, greyish liquid ■ this liquid is afterwards reddish, becoming of a deeper color on approaching the rectum. Mucous membrane pale in the two first feet; of a deep pink afterwards, at first in half, and below in the whole of its circumference—more especially so towards anus, half an inch above which, however, it is of its natural white color; giving a strip of eight to fifteen lines in its whole extent, even where it is most red ; rather thinner where it is red than where white. Brunner's glands are seen somewhat voluminous throughout. Liver rather small; external surface less moist than com- mon ; somewhat pale ; considerable quantity of blood in the large vessels ; firm, but a little more friable than usual. Bile in moderate quantity, dark green, rather liquid. Spleen small, perfectly healthy. Kidneys natural. Bladder size of a small pear, con- taining a small quantity of a turbid, thick, whitish liquid. Uterus rather large ; walls eight lines in thickness, of a pinkish white color; contains a small quantity of dark red blood, beneath which the mucous membrane is vil- lous, infiltrated with blood and softened. Ovaries. Left, double its natural size, externally of a brownish color; in several of its cavities is seen a sort of cyst, which con- tains a red material, resembling a fibrinous coagulum; right, natural. Thorax. Lungs. Left—pleura somewhat moist, con- taining no serous fluid; lung very light, of a lively red, except at its summit, where it is only pink and slightly emphysematous in the height of about one inch and a half; at its base is an interlobular emphysema ; same color internally and externally. Right—universally adherent; light; emphysematous, at its summit, but no interlobular emphysema at its base ; of a pink color, less bright than left; but of a somewhat deeper red at its base, where it is rather more dense than elsewhere ; both lungs otherwise perfectly healthy. Pericardium healthy, moist, containing no serous fluid. Heart of good size, containing a moderate quantity of