Instances of some of the rarer varieties of morbid growths swellings, &c. connected with the organs contained within the abdominal cavity.
- John Ogle
- Date:
- [cbetween 1800 and 1899?]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Instances of some of the rarer varieties of morbid growths swellings, &c. connected with the organs contained within the abdominal cavity. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![men, especially on the right side ; she then voaiited much, chiefly yellow- material. When admitted, February 4, 1852, the sickness was stayed ; but the pulse was 130 ; the tongue whitish ; and there was cough and expectoration. She lay chiefly on the back, with the legs somewhat drawn up ; pain in the right side, chiefly below the diaphragm, being produced by coughing. There was rather more fine crepitation in the right than in the left lung behind, and the liver seemed to extend some distance below the ribs; though pain in the hypochondrium, which was hard, and tender, prevented this from being clearly made out. In spite of treatment the pulse kept high, and the countenance very anxious. The urine was passed mostly with the stools, but when passed separately was found, to contain pus-globules and epithelial scales, and a slight amount of albumen. The lung-symptoms were treated, and for a time she improved. Night-sweats and hectic came on, attended by severe diarrhoea, and she sank, and died February 18th. Post-mortem examination.—Old and recent pleural adhesions existed in both sides of the chest; the lungs themselves were congested; the heart natural. On opening the abdominal cavity, extensive adhesion was found to exist between the stomach, the transverse colon, and the under surface of the liver ; which organs were also adherent to the abdominal parietes. The transverse colon was also found to be tied down with tolerable firm- ness ; and at its flexure at the right hypochondrium it was intimately ad- herent to the upper and anterior part of the right kidney. The kidney at this part, to which the bowel was adherent, was greatly softened, and dilated into a pouch, with a cavity communicating with the interior of the colon. The communication would admit of about a quill, and had rather hardened and thickened margins. In the pouch of the kid- ney were two or three small calculi of about the size of two peas each. This kidney was generally softened and increased in size ; the other kidney was natural. The lining of the colon around and below the ulcerated opening into the kidney was thickened and congested, but nothing more. The other organs were natural. [42.] Case XL.—Very large abdominal tumour in the iliac region, wliichproved to he owing to hoimorrhage from ulceration of the aorta. James G-., set. 30, an intemperate house-painter, was admitted June 1, 1859, having been ill for six months with pain in the loins and left hip, increased by stooping. There was no pain on passing water, but he com- plained of inability to empty the bladder. Four years before admission he had had rheumatism, but not since. For three months he had had pain in the left hypochondrium, but had been at work up to May the 24th. His complexion was sallow, and he was weak, with a cold skin and furred tongue, and loss of appetite. The pulse was 120, and very weak, and no pulse was felt in the left wrist. He had had but little sleep of late. On the day after admission, a large tumour was found, ex-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21480436_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
