Case of inflammation of the cephalic vein, which terminated fatally : with the appearances on dissection / by Andrew Duncan.

  • Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832.
Date:
1824]
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Credit: Case of inflammation of the cephalic vein, which terminated fatally : with the appearances on dissection / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    milton to bleed him, having had some hasmoptysis ill the course of the day. He was now looking ex- tremely ill,—the sore seeming irritated,—the hand and fore-arm much swollen, and one or two red streaks running up from the elbow to the shoulder in the course of the cephalic vein,—respiration again much affected,—breathing quick and short, but he denied having any pain in the chest. He was fre- quently troubled with cough, but did not expecto- rate much, and his sputum was tinged with blood. Countenance anxious, depressed, and of a leaden-hue; features sharpened, and the eyes sunk and dull; skin not very hot. Tongue foul; thirst inconsiderable. Pulse 110, neither strong nor sharp. A vein was opened in the right arm, and gxvi. or gxviii. of blood taken, which proved to be cupped and buffy; the pulse fell to 96, but no other salutary change was perceptible, except that a slight headache, of which he complained, was relieved. Dr H., who remained with him, learning that he had taken scarcely any nourishment since the commencement of his attack, gave him some light supper, which he took with apparent relish. In the night. Dr H. was again sent for, on account of wandering pains in the sto- mach, evidently the effect of the flatulence of which he had all along complained. On Saturday morning, we found that he had had a restless, sleepless night; all the symptoms aggra- vated ; pulse 120; the swelling extending up the arm, of an uniform appearance, with a defined mar- gin, but still without much redness, heat, or pain.