Pathological and practical observations on diseases of the abdomen : comprising those of the stomach and other parts of the alimentary canal, oesophagus, caecum, intestines and peritoneum / by S.O. Habershon.

  • Habershon, S. O. (Samuel Osborne), 1825-1889.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Pathological and practical observations on diseases of the abdomen : comprising those of the stomach and other parts of the alimentary canal, oesophagus, caecum, intestines and peritoneum / by S.O. Habershon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. Diseases of the Stomach have, during the last few years, received considerable attention, and our medical literature has been enriched by the labours of Budd, Handfield Jones, Chambers, Brinton, Wilson Fox, Leared, Fenwick, and others. Much, however, still remains to be done j and whilst some of the facts contained in the present volume will tend to confirm what is already known, other new ones will be found, which, we trust, will repay an attentive perusal of its pages. The design in this work has been to illustrate the diseases of which it treats, by cases which have come under our personal observation, with a few remarks upon them, and some general deductions. During the period of my curatorship of the Museum at Guy's, and of my demonstratorship of Morbid Anatomy for several years, very numerous opportunities were presented of noticing diseases of the stomach and intestines in their varied phases ; and I would tender sincere thanks to those of my colleagues who have permitted the mention of instances under their care. Although I have sought definitely to distinguish some classes of diseased conditions, I should be very unwilling to regard them as entities superadded to the human frame, but rather, to quote the words of Sir John Forbes, as new phases of vital manifestations. Life may be considered as the resultant of certain forces, manifested in the performance of functions, which are com-