Case of excision of the spleen for an enlargement of the organ, attended with leucocythaemia : in a patient under the care of Dr. Wilks : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant ; reported by R. Eager.

  • Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914.
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[1866]
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Credit: Case of excision of the spleen for an enlargement of the organ, attended with leucocythaemia : in a patient under the care of Dr. Wilks : with remarks / by Thomas Bryant ; reported by R. Eager. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y A 0 s- CASE It OF EXCISION OE THE SPLEEN FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE ORGAN, ATTENDED WITH Harles P—, oet. 20, a groom, was admitted into John d May 30th, 1866, under the care of Dr. Wilks. He s that from a child he has had remarkably good health, has never suffered from any illness. His parents are alive healthy. He was born near to Northampton in a marshy ict, but has never suffered from ague. He had lived there | is life until a week ago, when he went to reside at Sun- with a gentleman, as his groom. He has led a very ar and temperate life. About five or six months ago he | ed a tightness across the upper part of his abdomen, and 1 that he was increasing in size, and that, especially on the ide, there was a hard mass. From this time the abdomen he hard mass in the side slowly enlarged, the tumour keep- p close to the ribs and xiphoid cartilage, and not reaching