Instances of some of the rarer varieties of morbid growths swellings, &c. connected with the organs contained within the abdominal cavity.

  • Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905.
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[cbetween 1800 and 1899?]
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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.

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    sistency) to the surface of the brain. It weighed 30 lbs. A few small nodules, varying in size up to that of a walnut, of similar material, were met with in the mesentery, and attached, in some parts by pedi- cles, to various folds of peritoneum. The other organs were natural. [32.] Case VIII.—Quantity of a peculiar material^ resembling degenerated Jihriiious deposit, situated beneath the peritoneum, lining a large portion of the abdomen. Emma F., set. 35, an intemperate woman, was admitted January 25, 1866. She had rheumatic fever fourteen months before, and since hat she had been low and weak. She had been for two weeks suf- fering from sickness and dyspepsia, when, during the catamenial period, she was attacked with cold and was seized with pain in the region of the uterus; and, on admission, had much pain in the lower part of the abdomen, and was constantly retching. There was much distension and some tenderness of the abdomen generally. The urine was not albuminous. Her symptoms were at first relieved by calomel and opium, and turpentine fomentations. Later on, she had symptoms resembling those of incipient delirium tremens. At the right side of the navel some kind of substance was felt within the abdomen, which was painful on pressure. Diarrhoea became very great, and her aspect became jaundiced. She constantly had pains above the pubes ; the tongue was furred and the pulse weak ; the pupils were very small ; and she gradually sank and died. Post-mortem examination.—The lungs were found loaded with frothy fluid. The heart was natural. On examining the abdomen, a large quantity of what resembled decolorised fibrin was found lying behind the peritoneum, extending from the diaphragm to the brim of the pelvis, lying in front of both kidneys and around the duodenum, and also to a certain extent penetrating into the mesentery and being in close relation with every part of the colon. It was abundant about the pancreas and supra-renal capsules, and closely surrounded the large vessels of the liver and spleen. Here and there, in the immediate neighbourhood of this deposit, were small circumscribed pustules below the peritoneum ; one, of small size, lay just under the mucous mem- brane of the large bowel. In some places the above-described material was white, like mortar; in others, of a reddish or brownish colour. Microscopically examined, it had all the characters of degenerated fibrin, and contained no pus or blood-corpuscules. No source of this deposit could be discovered ; no aneurysm nor disease of the bones of * the back or pelvis existed, and no traces of peritonitis. The liver was soft, and of a somewhat orange tinge ; the kidneys were natural. [46,] Case IX,—Small hard encephalo'id masses sprinkled over large tracts of the peritoneum only; the same connected with the p)leural surface of the diaphragm. Rose P., aBt. 55. was admitted March 23, 1863. She had observed