Catalogue of preparations, & c., in morbid, natural and comparative anatomy : contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Fort Pitt, Chatham.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Department.
Date:
1833
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Credit: Catalogue of preparations, & c., in morbid, natural and comparative anatomy : contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Fort Pitt, Chatham. 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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    4. 4'rachea,—the mucous membrane highly inflamed, the effect of Small-pox.—Fort Pitt. From the same patient as No. 16, Division I, 5. Trachea,—exhibiting extensive ulceration.—Flistory unat- tainable. 6. Trachea,—exhibiting a Bronchocele.—History unattain- able. 7. Enlarged conglobate glands at the bifurcation of the Tra- chea.—History unattainable. 8. An opening between the third and fourth rings of the Trachea made in Tracheotomy; also an Abscess in the base of the Tongue.—Presented by Dr. Kemlo.—Hi- story unattainable. 9. Bronchial glands,—exhibiting abundant deposition of os- seous matter.—Fort Pitt. From William Burkin, aet. 35, 4th Dragoon Guards, who was treated for Phthisis pulmonalis, of which dis- ease he ultimately died. On dissection, the Lungs were found studded with tubercles in every stage of matu- ration, the intervening tissue being inflamed. 10. Bronchial glands, presenting copious earthy depositions. —Ibid. From John Rutledge, ast. 26, 1st Dragoon Guards, who, having for a long time been affected with pectoral disease, was admitted into the General Hospital with unequivocal symptoms of tubercular Phthisis, and died in a paroxysm of dyspnoea. On inspection, the Lungs presented tubercular deposition, and vomicae: the ven- tricles of the Heart were in a state of active aneurism, and on the lining membrane of the left ventricle were two distinct cartilaginous patches. On adding an acid to a portion of the earthy substance, carbonic acid gas was freely evolved. 11. Exhibits the effect of high inflammation of the bronchial membrane, with grey hepatization of the pulmonic tissue.—Ibid. From Serjeant M‘Loughlin, aet. 30, 50th Regiment, who was admitted into Hospital on his arrival from the West Indies, with pulmonary Consumption; of which disease, after having been aflected with the usual train and succession of symptoms, he eventually died.