Miscellaneous contributions to the study of pathology / by John W. Ogle, M.D.

  • Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905.
Date:
[1868], [©1868]
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Credit: Miscellaneous contributions to the study of pathology / by John W. Ogle, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No good arose from the use of sulphate of iron and zinc with sulphuric acid, and she was then ordered half a grain of tartar emetic in a morphia draught every four hours. Sleep came upon her at times, but never lasted long. The urine passed freely. Wine was given and the medicine continued. On the 3rd a very restless night was reported, and the pulse was 150, and weak. The movements only ceased a short time before death, July 4th. Post-mortem examination.—The body and limbs were well nourished and healthy looking; excoriations of the skin over the gluteal regions and ankles existed. Cranium.—The white substance of the brain contained many puncta, and the large blood-vessels in the ventricles were very distended ; the corpora striata and optic thalami were natural. The pons Yarolii was very full of blood, giving a pink colour to the tissue, chiefly the anterior parts. The medulla oblongata was of a pink colour. The cerebral dura mater was congested. Spinal cord.—This was very vascular, and particularly the grey matter, and the vessels of the pia mater were large and full of blood. Thorax.—The heart’s cavities were uncontracted; its walls blood- stained, and the contained blood very fluid, otherwise nothing was noticeable in connection with it. Abdomen.—The os uteri and vagina were bathed with pus, and showed evidences of mechanical irritation, the os uteri being also very open. The uterus and appendages were very full of blood; other organs natural. Remarks.—Observe in this case the peculiar and exceptional manner in which the chorea movements were under voluntary control, as also that “ fright ” was the supposed cause of the attack; after death mark the congestion of the nervous centres, and the extreme irritation of the urinary organs (167). Case 14.—Chorea ; altered state of the spinal cord ; fibrinous deposits on the heards valves. Leopold L—, set. 11, was admitted July 13th, 1864; he had been an in-patient with chorea, but was discharged, still suffering to some degree. The symptoms never left him, and in three weeks he returned (the disease having lasted three months, and no cause having been ascertained for it). The whole body, which was well nourished, was affected with the movements. After the use of sulphate of zinc and iron the movements became less marked, the appetite continuing fair. He subsequently relapsed, and strychnia was given (gr. Y^-th up to T^th) along with iron; still he became worse, began to emaciate, and arsenic was substituted for the other