A probationary essay on lumbar abscess / [Alexander Miller].

  • Miller, Alexander, 1808?-1846.
Date:
1831
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Credit: A probationary essay on lumbar abscess / [Alexander Miller]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    membrane and fat, lying in the loins. I merely throw this out as a conjecture, as I have had no means of ascertaining whether this is actually the case or not; but I think it a point well worth attending to, as it will enable the surgeon to form some opinion as to the probable success of the treatment; besides, I have already mentioned, that the danger is not nearly so great in the one case as in the other. The position of the parts in which the disease is situated, how ti.C'C parts are covered by the peritoneum, and how, in all cases, the matter is situated exterior to this membrane, are to be remembered. vrUmiin jin bnoi ■!iv* jioi Jt'u pjuiojufiryfi 45/ or. *-*< »i* i People of all ages seem to be liable to this disease; Mr Abernethy describes cases in individuals from 14 to 55 years of age; but I think in all the instances that I have seen, the patients have reached the age of puberty : when I mention people of all ages, I mean to say from 14 to 50 .years of age, for I do not think the disease is common in children or very old people. It seems to affect individuals of apparently a tolerably healthy constitution, as well as those possessing what is termed a scrofulous diathesis, although more frequently remarked in the latter. r_ j; lo UOV JO loOtH ft ‘■'ft Mjilrt fr >(O0 4!^ r The disease generally commences without any apparent cause, and is often far advanced before the patient is aware