An essay on tetanus, founded on cases and experiments / by Joseph Swan.

  • Swan Joseph, 1791-1874.
Date:
1825
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Credit: An essay on tetanus, founded on cases and experiments / by Joseph Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The pia mater of the brain was rather more vascular than natural, but the other membranes were healthy. The substance of the brain was healthy. There was a small quantity of serous fluid about its base. The medulla spinalis and its membranes were healthy. There was a very small quantity of serous fluid in the sheath formed by the dura mater. The axillary nerves and the par vagum were more vas- cular than usual. The sciatic nerves had a natural appearance. On opening the abdomen all the viscera looked healthy, except the liver and spleen, which had an increased vascularity. The stomach contained some half di- gested food, which had been eaten before the experiment was made. Its villous coat near the pylorus was very red; in the other parts there were numerous black spots, at each of which there was an ulcer, and the black part appeared to be coa- gulated blood. The villous coat of the