Case of communication with the stomach, through the abdominal parieties, produced by ulceration from external pressure : with observations on the cases of gasto-cutaneous fistulæ already recorded / by Charles Murchison.

  • Murchison, Charles, 1830-1879
Date:
1858
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Credit: Case of communication with the stomach, through the abdominal parieties, produced by ulceration from external pressure : with observations on the cases of gasto-cutaneous fistulæ already recorded / by Charles Murchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. One observation, which has been made in all these eases, has been confirmed in Catherine Ross. This is the non-acidity of the fluid obtained from the empty stomach. No other experiments have been undertaken upon her. As far as regards the size of the opening, no case could be more favorable for examining the interior of the stomach, or for introducing or removing food. Indeed, it would not be a difficult matter, by means of an elastic catheter, to draw off the contents of the duodenum for examination. The patient, however, is in such a debilitated state of health— bed-ridden for nine years and unable to stand, that it has been feared that any observations made on the properties of her gastric juice would at present be of small value. In addition to this, Catherine Ross's propensity to practise deceit would require careful vigilance on the part of the experimenter. In reference, however, to her general health, it may be observed, that since she has been under Dr. Keith's observation, she has gained considerably in flesh and strength; and if she could only be induced to get up and go about, the infatuated act of this poor woman might yet prove a benefit to science. Physiology, fifth ed., p. 81. The analysis, as given by Dr. Carpenter, does not agree with the original. c , ■ c.