Contributions to the pathology of the glandular structures of the stomach / by William Fox, M.D. ; communicated by A. B. Garrod.

  • Fox, Wilson, 1831-1887.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Contributions to the pathology of the glandular structures of the stomach / by William Fox, M.D. ; communicated by A. B. Garrod. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The medical profession is greatly indebted to Dr. Hanfield Jones, for having been the first to offer an elucidation of this problem ; since, -with the exception of a paper by Dr. F. Scliapfer, published in vol. vii of Virchow's Archivs there is little to be found in tlie numerous treatises on disorders of digestion relative to the actual anatomical state j)resent. Dr. Habershon, in his recent admirable M ork on the alimen- tary canal, appears to have partially adopted Dr. H. Jones's views, and I am indebted to him for a hint as to the mode of making preparations of the mucous membrane for the microscope, wliich (with a slight modification) I have found of great service, and hav^e invariably adopted. While at Berlin during the past winter, I resolved to avail myself of the unusually great opportunities for a re- search of this nature afforded in the Pathological Institute attached to the Charite Hospital, under the direction of Professor A^irchow, to whom I shall ever feel myself gratefully indebted, not only for the liberality with which he placed the requisite materials at my disposal, but also for the in- valuable advice and assistance with Avhich he has aided me in the prosecution of this inquiry. The statements Avhich I have here to bring forward are based upon the notes of observa- tions made upon 100 stomachs, taken indiscriminately from the bodies of patients brought for post-mortem examination. I have examined many more, but rejected all those made at an earlier period, before I had fully satisfied myself of the exact anatomical structure, and, (wliat is of equal im- portance in structures which suflfer so rapidly from cadaveric change), of the nature of the alterations induced by decom- position. To these I shall have occasion hereafter to refer, and I will here only premise, that it is only in rare instances that conclusions can be drawn with certainty from the con- dition of the fundus of the stomach after death, which, in a very large proportion of cases, is more or less acted on by the contents of the organ, and in which decomposition sets in at a very early period. It has been a cause of regret to me, that the nature of my engagements prevented me from instituting any accurate