Account of a resection of the ribs and the pleura / read before the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France, April 27, 1818, by M. Le Chevalier Richerand ; translated by Thomas Wilson.

  • Richerand, A. (Anthelme), 1779-1840.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Account of a resection of the ribs and the pleura / read before the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France, April 27, 1818, by M. Le Chevalier Richerand ; translated by Thomas Wilson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wound, into the thoracic cavity of that side, and gave place to anguish and evident symp- toms of suffocation which caused anxiety for a moment; but they soon closed the aper- ture with a linen cloth plastered with cerate, and this, aided by a soft compression, had soon re-established the calmness and natural respiration. In the sequel, this twofold accident was so trifling when the wound was uncover- ed, either for dressing or facilitating the eva- cuation more or less abundant of the serosity furnished by the irritated pleura, that time could be taken to examine the heart, which continually presented itself at the orifice, to be assured of its little sensibility, by touch- ing it, and to observe the transparency, al- most glazed of its envelop : a contemplation of the most curious character, of which, the occasion so extremely rare, should singular- ly interest two of the most learned physiolo- gists of our day. The wound grew narrower by degrees, in consequence of the adhesion of the lungs with the pericardium, as well as from some fleshy granulations winch raised up one