Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie.

Date:
1828
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Credit: Observations on the nature and treatment of cholera : and on the pathology of mucous membranes / by Alex. Turnbull Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the brain. Much congestion in the upper part of the spinal marrow. Obs.—I have never in any case observed so much ve- nous congestion as in this. None of the morbid appear- ances in the viscera in this case can be attributed to in- flammation, but solely to venous congestion ; the tur- gid mesenteric veins being in many places traceable to the purple patches on the intestines. An interesting circumstance in this dissection is the total want of blood in the spleen, which must be attributed to the great determination of the blood from all the other parts of the body towards the mucous system, the seat of increased action. It necessarily happens that the liver is also generally the seat of great congestion ; for through it must all the blood pass from the stomach and intestines in its return to the heai’t. The following is a mixed case, exhibiting symptoms, both of inflammation and increased secretion. CASE X. Dharwar, \9ith July 1826. Lieutenant S— had for some time been la- bouring under a derangement of his stomach and bow- els ; having occasionally slight nausea and diarrhoea, This complaint had been removed, and he was suffi-