Case of communication with the stomach, through the abdominal parietes, produced by ulceration from external pressure : with observations on the cases of gastro-cutaneous fistulæ already recorded / by Charles Murchison, M.D.

  • Murchison, Charles, 1830-1879.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Case of communication with the stomach, through the abdominal parietes, produced by ulceration from external pressure : with observations on the cases of gastro-cutaneous fistulæ already recorded / by Charles Murchison, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. of Case. VIII. Diite of occur- rence of Fistula. 17 17 IX. X. 1715 Mav 16. 1719. Patient's Name and Residirnce. Marguerite Eigiieiin, of Norliiigen. A widow. Age. 19 to 46 36 A virgin at Leipsic. 20 to 30 Cause. Characters, Situation, &c., uf E.vtcrnal Opening. Necrosis of riljs with abscess, wliicli at first only opened ex- ternally, and liealed. Four years after, a second abscess, from which, on opening, food escaped. Was there originally simple nicer of stomach ? Between eighth and ninth rilis, four inches from xyphoid caiti- lage, and two from left nipple. Ninth cosial car- tilage and portion of tenth rib ne croscd. Size of External Opening. Two inches in diameter. Easily admitted thnml). Curlila- giiious margins. Skin excoriated. Cancer. A scir rhous mass, 5 inches by 2J, involved stomach and arch of colon; intimately unit- ing these with abaominal parie- tes and one another. Opening through skin for 11 days before food came from it. Blow in epigas- trium from carriage shaft— followed by ab- scess, which opened in six months. In umbilical re- gion. Left of epigas- Easily ariniitted finger. Size of a large pea or haricot