Of the causes and signs of acute and chronic disease / translated by T. F.Reynolds.

  • Aretaeus, of Cappadocia.
Date:
1837
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Credit: Of the causes and signs of acute and chronic disease / translated by T. F.Reynolds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON AFFECTION OF THE SPLEEN. The Spleen, which is a viscus that does not readily fall into a state of suppuration, is liable to a chronic disorder, called Schirrus. The pain that occurs is not acute, but a large tumour is perceived greater than the natural superficies of the gland; it may be seen swelling over towards the right side, occu- pying the whole of the interval between this gland and the liver. Hence many are misled to think, that this is not an enlargement of the spleen, but an af- fection of the peritoneum, which appears to be in- flamed, for it is unyielding, and as hard as a stone. Such is usually the state of the spleen in Schirrus, which is accompanied also with a general feeling of uneasiness. When it suppurates, this tumour is soft to the touch, and yields at its apex, where pus is formed, to the finger, while the part that is free from purulent secretion does not give way. Sometimes it is elevated in the abdomen, being borne away here and there as it may be pushed, while it is still of a small dimension, and has room to float about. Just before t fl v; ■7