An account of a remarkable transposition of the viscera, in the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
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[1788]
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    cum fiances which give importance or value to the oblervation of Angular phenomena. The variety in animal firudture, an account of * which I have the honour of prefenting to this learned Society, is a complete tranfpofition, in the human fubjedt, of the thoracic and ab- dominal vifcera to the oppofite fide from what is natural. It is fo extraordinary as fcarcely to have been feen by any of the moil celebrated anatomifis; and, indeed, has been but very generally noticed at all. The circumftance has been mentioned; but it has not been particularly defcribed fo as to make it thoroughly known, or to eftablifh its certainty. It was hanging in the minds of many as doubt- ful, whether fuch a variety did really exift. There is one circumftance that attends the account of the prefent cafe, which has not always happened in the record of Angular pheno- mena, viz. that the lufus has been examined by phyficians and furgeons of the firft reputation in this large town; and has been in fome meafure open to the gratification of public curiofity. Such a circumftance (were it neceflary) would give the fiamp of authenticity to appear- ances even much farther removed from the ordinary plans of Nature. I have been at the pains to confult many authors upon this fubjedt, but with very little fatisfadtion. I fhall not enter into a detail of what I have met with in the courfe of thefe refearches; but fihall briefly notice, that when any lufus of this fort is mentioned, it is commonly in a Angle fentence or two, and the tranfpofition is not marked as uni- verfal, or it is a change in the fituation of fome vifcus from difeafe. In fhort, I have only found this Angular lufus nature defcribed by Cat- tierius, M. Mery, and M. Daubenton ; but by none of them is it fufficiently particular. Enough has been faid to point out that they had exactly met with the fame fort of monftrofity; but many circum- fiances have been omitted, which I hope will be fupplied by the prefent account, which I proceed immediately to lay before the Society. The perfon who is the fubjedt of this paper was a male, near forty years of age, fomewhat above the middle ftature, and of a clean adtive