Volume 1

A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton].

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera ... / [Christopher Robert Pemberton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 11] fever in the evening, or any hectic flushes on the cheeks: on the contrary, the coun- tenance is full of languor, and the face is pale and doughy. In the early stages of the disease, the patient is capable of performing his ordi- nary avocations,* and only complains after fatigue of a certain degree of tightness and pricking soreness across the abdomen, from one os ilium to the other. ‘This state will continue, with little variation, for many months, during which time the ope- tions of the bowels will sometimes proceed naturally, though more commonly the pa- tient is costive. There is no tension of the skin of the abdomen, as in the acute species ; on the contrary, I have more than once observed tne skin and abdominal muscles to sit loosely upon the Peritonzeum, which has given a sensation to the touch, * Inflammatione etiam rapi mesenterium solet. Tum gra- vitas quidem intus, at nullus manifestus dolor inest; f@ris vitae etiam obire munia homini liceat. Lommius Obs. Med. p. 307.