A treatise on the formation, constituents and extraction of the urinary calculus; being the essay for which the Jacksonian Prize for ... 1833 was awarded / by John Green Crosse.

  • Cross, John, 1790-1850.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on the formation, constituents and extraction of the urinary calculus; being the essay for which the Jacksonian Prize for ... 1833 was awarded / by John Green Crosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    processes, but to the points between them where the infundibula, from their struc¬ ture, would not so readily expand—(d, d, d,) the enlarged and very irregular cavity of the pelvis and infundibula, in some parts reaching within a line of the outer surface of the kidney, the parenchyma being nearly all removed—(e, e,) the first inch of the ureter laid open, of large size, narrower at the point where the upper (e) is placed, marking the limit of the pelvic cavity, and suddenly contracting, so as to present a passage not large enough to receive a common probe at (f,) where the ureter is cut across. Fig. 2 represents about seven inches of the left ureter, continuous with the portion of ureter (f) of the preceding figure. The first inch is turned forwards, to present the cut surface (g,) made by a transverse section; the letter points to the very small cavity of the ureter, of which the bulk is made up by the thickened coats, chiefly by the inner, and partly by the outer coat—(h, h,) the ureter un¬ opened above the calculus (i)—(k) the ureter below the calculus. The ante¬ rior half of the ureter is removed to a small extent (1, 1,) shewing the thickness oi its coats, and narrowness of its cavity. Fig. 3 is the right kidney of the same female, enlarged to more than twice its natural size, but in every other respect healthy—(a, a, a,) the outer surface of the kidney, enveloped by its membranous covering—(b) the emulgent artery and vein —(c) the ureter. PLATE VIII. -«- Fig. 1. The left kidney and ureter of an elderly man; the kidney has been minutely injected, and one half removed by a longitudinal section—(a, a, a, a,) the divided surface of the parenchyma, the mammary processes obliterated—(b, b, b,) the pelvic and infundibular cavities, greatly enlarged and altered in shape; the lin¬ ing membrane of these cavities is thickened, and very vascular—(c) the com¬ mencement of the ureter laid open, its cavity large—(d, d,) continuation of the ureter unopened, and equally enlarged for several inches—(e) a large calculus,