Phlebitis and thrombosis / by Warrington Haward.

  • Haward, Warrington.
Date:
1906
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    CONTENTS LECTURE I PAGE Causes of thrombosis.—Disturbances of physiological relations between blood and vessels by: (i) Changes in vessel—(a) traumatism ; (b) inflammation ; (c) degeneration : (d) dilata- tion. (2) Changes in blood—(a) invasion of micro-organisms; (b) physical changes ; (c) chemical changes. (3) Retardation or arrest of blood-current. The process of coagulation : (a) Influence of the blood-platelets ; (b) of the leucocytes ; (c) of the red corpuscles (laky blood); (d) of lecithin ; (e) of nucleo-albumin ; (/) of lymph ; (g) of calcium.—Influence of retardation of current. Varieties of thrombi : (a) Red thrombi; (b) white thrombi ; (c) hyaline thrombi ; (d) inflammatory thrombi. The organization of thrombi.—The disintegration of thrombi.— Septic thrombi. Cardiac thrombosis. Arterial thrombosis : causes, symptoms, results. Venous thrombosis: causes—(a) injuries; (b) inflammation; (c) in- vasion by micro-organisms : (i.) of the blood, (ii.) of the coats of the veins. Septic phlebitis.—Phlegmasia dolens.—Pylephlebitis.—Suppura- tive phlebitis.—Symptoms of septic phlebitis. — Sources of infection.—Treatment 1 LECTURE II Other varieties of phlebitis and thrombosis. — Thrombosis in connection with—(a) varix ; (b) gout; (c) syphilis ; (d) enteric fever; (e) typhus fever ; (/) chlorosis; (g) influenza ; (/*) pneumonia ; (z) appendicitis ; (j) gastric ulcer and other abdominal diseases.—‘Idiopathic’ thrombosis.—Preference of venous thrombosis for left lower limb.