On Intra-thoracic CancerJohn Churchill and Sons, 1865 - 159 pagina's |
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On Intra-thoracic Cancer: Part the First: Introductory and Historic Sketch John Cockle Volledige weergave - 1865 |
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abdomen adhesion affection anasarca Anat aneurism aortic aneurism appeared artery auscultation Aviolat blood breathing bronchi cachexia cancerous disease cancerous mass cavity character chest clavicle clinical colloid colour congestion cough Cruveilhier cyst deposit diagnosis dropsy dulness dysphagia dyspnoea effusion emaciation empyema encephaloid examination existed expectoration extending external frequently Gintrac glands gradually growth hæmoptysis healthy heart impulse inches infiltrated cancer infiltration intra-thoracic cancer intra-thoracic tumour irritation Journ Laennec laryngeal Lebert left lung left side liver lobe lung tissue malignant mammary marked matter Méd mediastinal mediastinal tumour mediastinum membrane morbid nerves nipple normal observed occasionally occurred ordinary organ pain Pathological patient percussion pericardium phenomena phthisis physical signs pleura pleural sac pleurisy portion present pulmonary cancer pulse recorded region remarkable resembling respiration respiratory murmur result ribs right lung right side scirrhous secondary cancer softened sound sternum surface symptoms thoracic cancer tion tubercle tubercular veins Vide Walshe
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Pagina 74 - ... motionless. The glottis was always open to the extent of about one-eighth of an inch ; it neither opened wider during inspiration, nor closed when he attempted to vocalize. This immobility of the glottis was, without doubt, a result of paralysis * The preparation is in the museum of King's College. of the laryngeal muscles consequent on pressure upon the nerves by the cancerous mass within the chest. The poor man determined to leave the hospital before his death, so that we had no post-mortem...
Pagina 27 - Brit. Med. J., p. 902, 1857. (22) Budd, G. : On some of the effects of primary cancerous tumours within the chest, Medico-Chir.
Pagina 151 - ... great vessels of the neck. Posteriorly it is in relation to the pharynx, which separates it from the prevertebral muscles. If the tip of the epiglottis is taken as its upper limit, the larynx, in the adult, may be regarded as being placed anterior to that portion of the vertebral column which extends from the lower border of the second to the lower border of the sixth cervical vertebra ; but the position is not fixed : it varies with the movements of the head,, and also during deglutition and...
Pagina 42 - ... running in various directions to the surface of the lung, where they terminated in superficial cavities, containing air and a whitish purulent fluid, bounded on the one hand by the posterior surface of the pulmonary pleura, and on the other by the degenerated pulmonary substance. This dissection of the pleura from the lung extended over almost the lower twothirds of the organ.
Pagina 25 - ... facts, pertaining to the histories. So far as the observations go, they show, as already remarked, that the pitch of the cavernous respiration is low, contrasting in this respect strongly with the high-pitched bronchial respiration. This is not claimed as a newly discovered fact It is stated by Dr. Walshe, in the last edition of his treatise on diseases of the lungs and heart; and is implied in the language used by Earth and Roger. It is not, however, dwelt upon by either with much emphasis,...
Pagina 74 - Lay cock. 1865. rendered hoarse, and nearly extinct, by congestion and superficial ulceration ;* or cracked,f or the extinction of voice may exist without any sign of obstruction in the larynx, and without either stridor or dyspnoea, being...
Pagina 41 - Some of the smaller tubera were more fibrous ; others, the size of a small egg, or even smaller, when cut open had the appearance of being made up of a number of parts, in substance between jelly and cartilage, not unlike the internal structure of a shaddock.
Pagina 114 - ... but only in exceptional cases in the adult. The lungs and mesenteric glands are very commonly at the same time diseased, and the tuberculous matter in the splenic parenchyma is seen in minute and scattered grains, or in isolated groups, and may vary from the size of a millet-seed to that of a pea. A patient was admitted into St. Thomas's Hospital, under the care of Dr. Peacock, who died from general tuberculosis, the meninges, lungs, kidneys, and other parts presenting miliary granulations. The...
Pagina 103 - The difficulties of diagnosis once surmounted, how little can be said respecting either the prognosis or treatment of a disease which, being inevitably fatal, restricts all interference of art to measures of simple palliation.