Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast.

  • Gold Coast. Medical Department.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Government of the Gold Coast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Spleen. Not enlarged, but darkly congested, firm and friable. Kidneys. Distinctly congested. Distinction between cortex and medulla lost, and decided cedematous appearance. Capsules easily stripped. No petechiae or haemorrhages. Bladder distended with amber coloured hazy urine. Stomach. Small. Mucous-membrane thinned, except at pyloric end of greater curvature, where rugae marked. At cardiac end of lesser curvature a large patch of sub-mucous haemorrage, and a few smaller patches at pyloric end. Stomach contents, dark brown grumous material. “ Small Intestine.—A very marked sub-mucous haemorrhagic condition present in the first 12 feet. Intestinal contents, black mucous material. “ Fat of abdominal wall markedly yellow on section. “ Urine, catheter specimen P.M. “ Centrifugalized deposit: Blood casts and bloods cells. “Present at Post-mortem : —Drs. Tweedy, Clough, Muller, Beringer, A. J. B. O’Brien and Allan.” (Sgd.) A. CONNAL, M.O. Case 70. Report on C. 0. A. “ I kave the honour to bring before your notice a case which occurred in the Native Ward on the 19th and subsequent days of this month. r-42° 1 4jo r 40° -37° -36° ■— 35° [279928] 11