Volume 1

Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital / enlarged and revised from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by S. O. Habershon.

  • Guy's Hospital. Museum
Date:
1857
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Credit: Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital / enlarged and revised from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by S. O. Habershon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    patch at the posterior part, and in lines along the car¬ tilaginous rings. See Drawing 246. 171370. Trachea and upper part of the lung of a man affected with phthisis. The trachea is extensively and deeply ulcerated, so also the bronchi; the lung presents several vomicae, and at the base a small one connected with one of the bronchi. The larynx and intestines were also ulcerated. John J., aged 21, patient of Dr. Hughes’. Record of Insp., No. 9, 1855. 1713'5. Larynx and trachea, the lining of which is marked by numerous deep small ulcers; this ulceration extends as high as the inferior cords. 1714. Perforating ulcer between the trachea and oesophagus. The opening in the oesophagus appears to be larger than that m the trachea. The patient was admitted into Martha for supposed stricture of the oesophagus. Presented by Mr. Rix. 171410. Ulcerative communications between the trachea and oeso¬ phagus, probably following abscess. There are three irregular openings extending from the upper part of the oesophagus into the trachea. The mucous membrane is destroyed or undermined. Case of Sarah B., aged 24, admitted into Lydia ward, December, 1854. She was a married woman, and had never had syphilis; six months before admission she felt some enlargement of the throat, with difficulty of swallowing, pain, and shortness of breath; shortly before admission she had swelling of the throat, which suddenly disappeared. On December 25th, dysphagia extreme, so that she refused to swallow, and was fed by injections alone till her death, forty-one days afterwards^ There was no evidence of cancerous disease. On January 6th, Mr. Hilton performed tracheotomy. See Drawing No. 246-4. Record of Insp., 4855, No. 21. 1715. Larynx, trachea, and oesophagus, with a communication between the trachea and oesophagus. The opening is oval in form, and about two inches in length, and has smooth rounded edges. It appears to have been the result of ulceration.