Experiments on kiesteine : with remarks on its application to the diagnosis of pregnancy : an inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Elisha K. Kane ; published by the recommendation of the Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.
Date:
[1842]
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Credit: Experiments on kiesteine : with remarks on its application to the diagnosis of pregnancy : an inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by Elisha K. Kane ; published by the recommendation of the Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (A.)—Table of Cases during Utero-Gestation. Names. 18 M. Biddee, S. Gilbert, M. Hill, [^E. Williams, l( u S. Dunkea, A. Lippincoit, A. Banks, H. Walker, M. Yacely, (I u M. Gallagher, M. Delano, E. Buckley, M. Yorkley, S. Miller, C. Kyter, B. M'Gurth, A. Weaver, R. Dawson, ° S a S Condition of gjgjg-a Mammae. 6i 9. 9. 8.12 8.20 7. B.p 6. During labour. 8.11 Day of deliv. 7.6 9th 9th Day of deliv. labour. Milk exuding upon pressure. Mammae mucii distended Appearance when received. Salmon yellow turbid, flocculent and with no depo- site Milk inmammae|Deep reddish yel- low. Turbid, and with some deposi- tion. Transparent, with a deep tinge of red No mucous flocculi from the seventh month. No milk. Milk from this time. Milk exuding by pressure. No milk. Milk by cupping glass. Milk a few days previous. No milk, but ve- ry turgid. No milk. No milk. Milk from the 6ih month. Milk by pressure Milk. Milk in breast at the 7th month— none at present. None. Small and flac- cid mammae. Copious exuda- tion of milk. No milk. month. Remarks. Result. Turbid honey yel low, with little or no deposite. Dirty red,with some deposition. Pale glaring white flocculi. Salmon yellow much deposite. Salmon colour with deposition. Turbid, flocculent, and with a copious deposite. Turbid salmon co lour, but very scan- ty. Lighter, and nearly transparent. Reddish yellow, with much floccu- lent deposition. Straw yellow, bright and transpa- rent. Muddy reddish yel- low, and no depo- site. Pale yellow, nearly transparent. Reddish yellow, nearly transparent. Bright straw yellow no deposite. Yellow tinged with red, and very tur- bid. Turbid red, with a deposite coating sides of glass. Not so much depo- sition. Muddy red, with much deposite. tinge with much transparency. Surface gave a filmy pel- Kiest. licle in 16 hours, preceded on 3d by crystals. No well day. marked cloud or deposite. Crystalline dots. A firm K.on4lh cream-coloured pellicle day. on 4lh day, covered with nutmeg like specks. The shining specks pre- K. on 2d cedingtheformaiionouhe day. pellicle which occurred on the 2nd day. No cloud. Surfacecovered with striae K. on 3d of a deep yellow, a firm day— pellicle filling up the in- cheesy. terstices. Odour cheesy. Sides of glass coated by K.on 4th deposition. Distinct pel- day. licle on fourth day. Pellicle in circles, greasy K. on in appearance, and not oth day. well defined until the 5ih day. Little pellicular change K. on until 4th day; it then gave 7th day. a perfect pellicle about the 7th. A good type of the pelli- K. on 3d cular appearance. Not day. perfect until the 4th day. A well marked opaline K. on 3d cloud, above which the modified pellicle, much modified appeared. Stood for 12 days without any pellicular change. Stood until putrefaction took place without any pellicular manifestations. Pellicle not continuous, and wanting the tenacious character of the kiesiei ne. Decided pellicle on the 2nd day. An irregular striated pel- licle; no crystals, and not such as to warrant me in pronouncing it kiesteine. Regularly formed pellicle thin and pale; odour cheesy. Spider like lines and cir- cles, yet a well defined pellicle. Pellicle characteristic. Pellicle not over the en- tire surface; decomposi- tion rapidly set in. An obscured pellicle on 2nd day; not well defined. A characteristic pellicle on the 3d day. The urine was of a dark brown at the surface: on the 2d day this disappear- ed, and on the 4th a well marked pellicleappear'd. filmy, the crystals very numerous. (No ■^ K. on 3d modified K. on2d day. Excep- tion. No K. K. on 3d cheesy. K. on 2d K. on 3d day. K. on 1st day mo- dified. Doubtful K. on2d day. K. on 3d day. K. on 5th day.