A descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens in the museum of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton / by Percival Horton-Smith ; with the assistance of William Thomas Mullings.

  • Hartley, Percival Horton-Smith, Sir, 1867-
Date:
1904
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens in the museum of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton / by Percival Horton-Smith ; with the assistance of William Thomas Mullings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    140. The specimen shows a section through the right lung. Considerable fibrosis and shrinking of the organ is shown, and as a result the pleural layers are separated, the intervening space being filled with gelatinous material. The specimen illustrates the formation of thickened pleura. N186 From a man aged 23, who died with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis and mitral regurgitation. Tuberculous ulceration of the intestines was also found post mortem. (7) Showing Thickened Pleura and Fibrosis of Lung. 141. This specimen shows the left lung everywhere greatly contracted and covered by markedly thickened pleura. A large cavity surrounded by dense fibroid tissue occupies the upper lobe, a thin pigmented line between this and the pleui'a representing the only trace of lung tissue. The lower lobe is also excavated, and the portions of lung tissue re- maining are fibrosed and deeply pigmented. I 143 From a man aged 48, who died of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis and lardaceous disease. 142. The specimen shows a greatly contracted right lung, with the pleura and interlobar septa much thickened. The lung tissue throughout is much fibrosed and pigmented, and a contracting cavity is present in both upper and lower lobes. M 144 From a man aged 39, who died with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis of two years duration. There were tuberculous lesions in the larynx and intestines, the heart was dilated, and the abdominal cavity full of fluid. 143. At the apex of the right lung several small cavities are seen, the surrounding lung tissue being fibrosed and the pleura nearly three quarters of an inch thick. B 1S3 From a male patient who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis of a very chrome type. (The specimen is figured in Diseases of the Lungs, Fowler & Godlee, London, 1898, p. 579.) 144. The specimen shows the upper part of the right lung. At the apex the pleura is extremely thick, and contains in its deeper portion a band of cartilage two inches long and one third of an inch thick. le lung shows several small contracted cavities, and is also deeply pigmented. t doo From a man aged 45, who had suffered from twenty years. pulmonary tuberculosis for 145. This specimen shows a tuberculous right lung cut in two and laid of pleura, especially over the lower lobe, are greatly thickened and adherent. The parietal layer was also densely adherent to the chest wall. K 148 chronic pulmonary tuberculosis, -vvith tuberculous lesions in the larynx and trachea. 146. This^ specimen shows a section through the right lung. The pleura IS thickened, and the interlobar septa represented by dense white