Stone in the bladder in connection with enlargement of the spleen / by Charles Williams.

  • Williams, Charles.
Date:
1888
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Stone in the bladder in connection with enlargement of the spleen / by Charles Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Mr- Cacl8'e remarks : “I have always felt uncertain as to the exact cause of death in this case. The symptoms were those of pyaemia, but the pathology was certainly not consistent with that view.” Ihese two cases go far to establish the fact that those ■persons who may happen to be subjects simply of enlargement of the spleen are as liable to serious risks, should any operation be performed on them, as are those who suffer from splenic leukaemia, in which condition the tendency to haemorrhage is so great as to render an operation of any kind •scarcely justifiable. In corroboration of this view, Sir Joseph Fayrer, in a private communication to me, says : “ In cases Of splenic enlargement I would avoid all operations not absolutely necessary to save life and relieve suffering, even although there be no leucocythaemia or apparent anaemia.” FLETCHER AND SON, PRINTERS, NORWICH.