On congestive pneumonia, consequent upon surgical operations, diseases and injuries / by John E. Erichsen.

  • Erichsen, John Eric, 1818-1896.
Date:
1843
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Credit: On congestive pneumonia, consequent upon surgical operations, diseases and injuries / by John E. Erichsen. 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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    could be expected to have manifested itself; and of these eleven, no less than eight died on the first day, or, in fact, were brought to the hospital mori- bund. Of the remaining two cases, one died on the fifth day, and the other on the forty-fourth day, after being operated upon for strangulated inguinal hernia, a remarkable exception to the rest of the series. TABLE SHOWING THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT ACCIDENTAL PATIENTS LIVED IN HOSPITAL, ETC. When Patient died. 1st Class. Cases of Pneumonia. 2nd Class. Doubtful Cases. 3rd Class. Lungs diseased. 4th Class. Lungs healthy. 1st day. 0 1 1 8 2nd do. 0 1 1 0 3rd do. 1 0 2 3 4th do. 5 1 0 0 5th do. 2 2 0 1 6th do. 1 0 0 0 2nd week. 9 1 1 0 3rd do. 0 2 0 0 4th do. 2 1 1 0 5th do. 2 1 1 0 6th do. 2 0 0 0 7th do. 1 0 0 1 8th do. 0 0 1 0 9th do. 2 0 0 0 11th do. 0 0 1 0 14th do. 1 0 0 0 Total . 28 10 9 13 The average time, then, that the patients lived after admission into the hospital was as follows :— Cases in which the lungs were inflamed . 207 days. Doubtful cases 123 — Cases in which the lungs were found diseased, but not inflamed . . . .227 — Cases in which the lungs were healthy . 1*6 —