Volume 1

The seats and causes of diseases, investigated by anatomy : containing a great variety of dissections, and accompanied with remarks / by John Baptist Morgagni ... abridged, and eluciated with copious notes, by William Cooke.

  • Morgagni, Giambattista, 1682-1771.
Date:
1822
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    Wounds of the diaphragm are not neccBsarily fatal. Many examples might be adduced of wounds in the muscular part having healed ; and although it is more difficult to find examples of recovery from injuries inflicted on the tendinous portion, a case is recorded by the father-in-law of Sennertus, in which, after two months, the patient thought himself well for five'months. It must, however,- beft acknowledged, thsiiil^onnd^ of this s^^iTOiare generally mortal.^ 3-r^fq^-jb ?/r.Y tt^-^rf irf) Vrhe diaphragm is sometimes lafeferated ind^to pendent of any wounding instrument, and some of the abdominal viscera have been found in th©; thorax. This has happened in consequence of the natural Openings being dilated or lacerated; in other cases the fibres have been torn asunder, and this accident is particularly liable to occur betwixt those fibres which proceed from the ensiform car- tilage and the neighbouring fibres.rir i>nrmfiio't siom In some cases the diaphragm has been founj^o perforated apparently from malformation^ and the^j stomach has been found lying in one of the thori^ilj::^ cavities, death taking place under circumstances which did not lead to any suspicion that this form of hernia existed. In the case of an old man, the stomach, omentum, part of the pancreas, aiido colon, were found lyinc in the left thom^ic^caT'lr^'TT and the foramen, which was in. thi^ fleshy part of the diaphragm, was large, and circumscribed by a tendinous circle. On examining the body of «i« young man, the stomach was found in the righf^' cavity, and the freedom from lurigs indicated thai thjs ;^as an instance of malformation. He had not