The long-waisted woman and her movable kidney / by A. Ernest Gallant.

  • Gallant, A. Ernest.
Date:
[1907]
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Credit: The long-waisted woman and her movable kidney / by A. Ernest Gallant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    great trochanters, of from 2 to 12 inches, and averaging a loss of flesh of 5 pounds to the inch, or from 10 to 60 pounds underweight. These factors are so constantly present that those who come in contact with large numbers of this class of patients learn to recognize them at a glance, and make the diagnosis at sight. Inspection of the abdominal wall shows a char- acteristic configuration. A hollowing of the epi- Fig. 1. Contour of the anterior abdominal wall (normal); Fig. 2. Lead- tape outline, standing without clothes, visceral ptoses; Fig. 3. Same patient, with waistband tied; X shows point of greatest hollowing; Z point of greatest protrusion. gastrium (Fig. 2x), and a bulging of the hypo- gastrium (Fig. 2z), the whole resembling an inverted interrogation mark. In thin walled in- dividuals, a respiratory rise and fall of the greater curvature of the stomach can be distinctly seen. In order to determine the real relation of the viscera, and show the excessive distortion when the woman has her garments on, it is our custom, when examining, to tie a piece of bandage around the waist just as tightly as the woman makes her waistbands, with the result shown in figure 3.