A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal visceria [sic] / by Christopher Robert Pemberton, M.D. F.R.S.

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1814
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Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal visceria [sic] / by Christopher Robert Pemberton, M.D. F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [3] of the abdomen,* by the pulse being above one hundred in a minute—by the pain being perma- nent—by its being increased from pressure, even before any tension has taken place on the abdo- men—by its producing no inclination to go to stool, and by its not being diminished, if this evacuation should be produced either spontanea ously or by design. In the examination after death, the Perito nseum is found very minutely injected with red blood; and there is likewise discovered in the cavity of the abdomen, more or less of a fluid, oftentimes whey-coloured, in which shreds of aoagulable lymph are seen floating. The intes- tines are distended with air, frequently to an enormous size. I am aware that there is an affection of the abdomen, which attacks puerperal women, and which is said to be an infectious disease. I have been present at the examination of several * Enteritis mesenterica difficillime distinguitur ab enteritide, qnacum etiam saepe complicatur. Sauvage, Glassis iii. gen. xv, sp. iv\