A case of disease of the lymphatics of the abdominal integuments, with occasional discharge of large quantities of a chylous fluid / by William Roberts, M.D.

  • Roberts, William, Sir, 1830-1899.
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[©1870?]
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Credit: A case of disease of the lymphatics of the abdominal integuments, with occasional discharge of large quantities of a chylous fluid / by William Roberts, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A CASE OP DISEASE OP THE LYMPHATICS OF THE ABDOMINAL INTEGUMENTS, WITH OCCASIONAL DISCHARGE OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF A CHYLOUS FLUID. By WILLIAM ROBERTS, M.D., F.R.C.P., PHYSICIAN TO THE MANCHESTER ROYAL INPIRMARY. The disease described in the following pages is so rare in these temperate climes that it must, for the present, be regarded more as a pathological curiosity than a matter of practical interest. But it not unfrequently comes to pass that exceptional freaks of nature throw great light on some of its more ordinary processes, supplying an important link in some well-known chain of sequences. So it happens with regard to some rare and obscure forms of animal and vegetable life; although insignificant in themselves they come to assume great scientific importance when they are found to fill what would otherwise be an inexplicable gap in a series, or serve to connect, in a rational manner, two approximating groups of animals or plants. It is, therefore, the duty of those who chance to encounter one of these lusus naturae to observe it and place it on record, in the expectation that some future gene- raliser may find in it something which may assist him in framing useful practical deductions. The case here recorded is probably closely related to another rare—but not nearly so rare—a disease, namely, chylous urine. And it is something to get any light on the pathology of that disorder. The opportunity furnished by a post-mortem examination in the following case has enabled me to propose