St. Thomas's Hospital Reports, Volume 34St. Thomas's Hospital, 1906 |
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abdomen abdominal pain abscess acute adhesions admitted anastomosis appendicectomy appendix artery atheroma attack bladder blood bowel broncho-pneumonia cæcum Carcinoma cardiac cavity cervical chronic cœliotomy colon colostomy condition congested cyst days before admission death occurred Died dilated diphtheria discharged Dischd disease distended Ditto drainage duodenum empyema enlarged erysipelas examination excision Fatal fatty change female femur fluid fracture gall-bladder gangrenous gastric gastro-jejunostomy glands growth hæmatemesis hæmorrhage healthy heart hernia Hospital inches incision inguinal inguinal hernia intestine kidney later left side liver lobe lower lung male mastoid Microscopical micturition months before admission muscle normal omentum ovary pancreas pelvis performed peritoneum peritonitis pleura pleural posterior present prostate pulse rate pylorus Readmission rectus recurrent removed resection respirations right iliac right side ruptured sarcoma showed silk sutures sinus slight stomach suppuration sutures swelling tenderness thickened tion tissue tuberculous tumour ulcer umbilicus urine uterus vomiting wall weeks wound
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Page 590 - (a) That the most important lesion in the acute cases is a fatty change of the heart muscle and diaphragm, which is due to a direct action of the toxins on these tissues. (b) That similar fatty changes may be found in certain of the important viscera, more especially the
Page 561 - the heart muscle degeneration takes place as a rule before skeletal muscle degeneration, and is the result probably of direct action of the toxin, and not a secondary result of nerve change.
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Page 590 - acute cardiac failure." (d) That the changes found in the nervous system are secondary factors and not the primary cause of the cardiac failure. (e) That the antitoxin, if given in sufficient quantity and within the first
Page 313 - and there was conjugate deviation of the head and eyes to the right. The pupils were
Page 490 - April, 1904. Five years previously he had noticed a swelling above the right testis, which had gradually increased in size. For some time after its appearance it " would go back," but had become irreducible for the last two years. A fortnight before admission the patient had lifted some heavy furniture, which act had caused