The treatment of wounds, ulcers, and abscesses : by W. Watson Cheyne.

  • Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The treatment of wounds, ulcers, and abscesses : by W. Watson Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    DjrnrjtS CKU.rXJTI8. The ether ftmr wtppnrati^ in the oellul.'ir tifeuc ii thet known a= l.Tiuie ceUuUtis, where tlie pu» not r contahied in a deSnUo Abscess cavity, Imt infiltrates the ^ tisA-ae. This con’aiwon i«, as I Jjavo already said, dae ~R t‘-> the atreptwoccus pyogenes, an^ these orgauisnia not ^ oiiiV load to tliis diffuf^e infiltration oi the tissnes with pu«, but also very often to death of shreds o! tissue { which come away afterwards as sloughs. This condition j is a much more grave one than that of acute absce.'s, in bad cases tlie patient s.'jon puiging into what is known .' ns the typhoid state. ^ As regards the local appearances, tlu< infiannnatorw otmditrton spreads with great rapidity, the skin becoming red and browjiy, aiftl iw suppuration occtirs, hut in the early stages at any rate, it is very difliciilt to make out any definite fiuctuation. At a later period, it is not oncoiumon to find in addition to tho-iufd- tratiou of the tissues \ritli pus, that romoW'hprc or other there JK a distinct fincttiating cavity. The infective material iq>reads along the lymphatic vessels and not unconuuonly bursts through the walls of theec vessels at various paria of their conree, leatliug to I h..