The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
1793
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    acquainted with chemical experiments, in order that its ingredients may be exactly ascertained. These are the more common appearances of diseased, or preternatural structure in » • the intestines; but I have likewise had an opportunity of observing others, which are of rarer occurrence. In one or two in- stances, I have seen a sort of bony matter thrown out upon the surface of the inner membrane of the gut: I have even seen an adhesion between two portions of intestine, converted into bone. It would appear, that almost every part of the body is endued with a power of taking on this process. It may not improperly be considered, as a na- tural process misplaced. An adhesion being once formed, has the same power (as far as we know) of running into different pro- cesses, as the cellular membrane, which makes a part of the original structure. It may therefore form bone, as readily as cel- lular membrane, or some other membranes of the body, which have a resemblance to