The morbid anatomy of the human gullet, stomach, and intestines / By Alexander Monro.

  • Monro, Alexander, 1773-1859.
Date:
1811
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Credit: The morbid anatomy of the human gullet, stomach, and intestines / By Alexander Monro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have seen the Rectum contracted to one-third of its natural diameter, so that the Meconium passed with great difficuhy through it, or not at all: and the child dies in consequence of the accumulation of the excrement within the Intestines. This Malconformation may in some cases he re- moved, by dilating the contracted Rectum by a Bougie; and it is necessary to use the Bougie for a considerable time, lest the contraction should not be completely removed, or should return. In some cases, the Rectum has been completely obliterated, and its opposite sides have been united. In some such cases, the Anus seems exteriorly well formed, but in others, there is no appearance of an Anus. Jessen has related a very marked case of the above description. A girl was born with the Anus well formed exteriorly. On introducing a probe in- to the opening, a great resistance was felt. A punc- ture was made, which did not procure an evacua- tion of the Meconium. The child died sixteen days after its birth. On opening the body, we are informed, Rectum intes- tinum bis lateribus concreverat, bis orbiculari inter- sepiebatur membrana*. In the fourth species, the Rectum terminates in the Bladder of Urine, Urethra, Vagina, or Womb, or * Vid. ScHENCKii, Obs. Med. Lib, III.