Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Netley / by Sir William Aitken.

  • Aitken, William, 1825-1892.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Netley / by Sir William Aitken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    SERIES XVI. INJUEIES AND DISEASES OF PANCREAS. CALCABEOXTS DEaENERATION, 1330, DILATED DUCTS, 1331, FATTY DEaENERATION, 1332. CANCER, 1333-1335. MELANOTIC SARCOMA, 1336. 4 CALCAREOUS DEGENERATION. 1330. Pancreas containing tubercular and calcareous deposit No liistory. DILATED DUCTS. 1331. Atrophied pancreas from fatty degeneration, with a peculiar saciilated state of the opening of its duct into the duodenum ; there are no villous folds at the entrance of the ductus communus choledochus into the intestine; each of these ducts enter the duodenum separately. From a man, aged 18, who was exceedingly emaciated and died of diabetes. FATTY DEGENERATION. 1332. Pancreas condensed and of a homogeneous texture, having little or no trace of its granular structure. MS Cat., Vol. IV, page 10, No. 127. No history. CANCER. 1333. A cancerous mass extending the entire length of the lesser curvature to the pyloric end of the stomach. Ductus communus choledochus pressed on by the cancerous pylorus. Several cancerous glands anteriorly. Pancreas one entire mass of cancer also pressing on the ductus communus from behind. Small masses of cancer