Cases of morbid anatomy : read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the eighth of June, 1815 / by John W. Francis.

  • Francis, John W. (John Wakefield), 1789-1861.
Date:
1815
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Credit: Cases of morbid anatomy : read before the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, on the eighth of June, 1815 / by John W. Francis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASES OF MORBID ANATOMY. 1. History of a Case of Diseased (Esophagus, with a detail of the Morbid Appearances of that and of other parts of the body; with Remarks. Thr information which morbid anatomy supplies is always interest- ing, frequently important, and may be considered in every instance indispensable, where a complete acquaintance with the exact nature and seat of disease is required. The following case, inasmuch as it exhibits no ordinary example of the great and various changes of structure which the body may undergo, during the predominance of (he vital functions, seems to be calculated to augment the stock of physiological and pathological knowledge, if not to enlarge the sanative powers of medical science. The details of the case have been com- pressed as much as was deemed expedient: less minuteness might have prevented the forming an opinion, how far the symptoms corresponded with the appearances ascertained by dissection. j###* g********^ fifty years of age, a native of Dumfries, in Scotland, of a habit of body rather delicate, and of the melancholic temperament, on the morning of the third day of September, 18] 1, while attempting to take his ordinary breakfast, found himself incapable 2