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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    vents them from being generally in the possession of practitioners, and also renders then more difficult to consult. In the present work we propose to give no cases; but simply an account of the mor- bid changes of structure which take place in the thoracic and abdominal viscera, in the organs of generation in both sexes, and in the brain. This will be done according to a local arrangement, very much in the same mainer as if we were describing natural structure, and will be accompanied with observations upon morbid actions which may occasionally arise. My situation has given me more than the ordinary opportu- nities of examining morbid structure. Dr. Hunter’s collection contains a very large number of preparations exhibiting morbid appearances, which I can have recourse to aiany timeforexamination. Being physician toa large hospital, and engaged in teaching