A series of engravings : accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body; divided into ten fasciculi / by Matthew Baillie.

  • Baillie, Matthew, 1761-1823.
Date:
[1799]-1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A series of engravings : accompanied with explanations, which are intended to illustrate the morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human body; divided into ten fasciculi / by Matthew Baillie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    nor could it pass into the stomach, and the patient was carried off in a few days, a large quantity of blood having been pre- viously thrown off from the stomach. A A. A part of the external surface of the oesophagus, in which the longitudinal muscular fibres of the oesophagus are seen unusually strong. It is probable that the fibres may have become thicker and stronger from the violent efforts to action which the oesophagus would be excited to make, after the half crown had been swallowed, notwithstanding that the patient survived the accident but a few days. B. The half crown, in which the countenance of William the Third, and part of the superscription, are very readily distinguishable. The surface of the half crown had become almost black from the action of the juices upon it, which are secreted in the mouth and the oesophagus.* From Dr. Hunter s Museum. FIG. II. This figure represents a pouch which had been formed in the lower end of the pharynx, by a cherry stone having rested there for three days, and formed a little recess for itself . This * The oesophagus is sometimes so large in an adult, as to allow a half crown to pass through it without injury, and it has afterwards been evacuated by the rectum. A half crown which had made this journey, is preserved in Dr. Hunter’s Museum.