Remarks on the nature and treatment of cholera; being the substance of a paper laid before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost of Edinburgh / [John Argyll Robertson].

  • Robertson, John Argyll, 1798 or 1799?-1855.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Remarks on the nature and treatment of cholera; being the substance of a paper laid before the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh. Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost of Edinburgh / [John Argyll Robertson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and peritoneal covering of the intestines are found much injected and florid, the small intestines contain¬ ing a reddish viscid fluid resembling raspberry cream in colour and consistence. The stomach is external¬ ly pale, and considerably distended with reddish co¬ loured fluid, the mucous membrane vascular and red, and a portion near the cardiac dark-coloured. Mr. Davidson. Stomach of a scarlet colour, blood-vessels of in¬ testines and omentum loaded with blood. The veins through the outer surface of stomach and in¬ testines tinged with blood. Dr. Badenach. Some cases occurred where the vascularity was so great as to resemble a successful injection of the in¬ testines with fine size-coloured reddish brown. Mr. Marshall. It appears to me that the following explanation may be admitted of these phenomena, which will lead to important practical deductions. From some unknowm cause, the balance of the circulation is lost, the immense quantity of blood, usually circulating through the skin, is driven inwardly upon the heart, larger arteries, stomach, and intestines ; hence arises the paleness and coldness of the surface ; hence also the weakness of the circulation, and depression of the powers of life, for the heart is so overloaded that it cannot act; hence also the increased secre¬ tion, which takes place from the stomach and bow¬ els ; for every secretion is increased or diminished according to the quantity of blood contained in the