His body was opened this morning--every viscus appeared in a sound and natural state, except that the left kidney had a very small pelvis, and that there was a considerable enlargement of most of the mesenteric lymphatic glands.
In consequence of this slight inflammation of the stomach an eruption of the face frequently ensues by the sensitive association of this viscus with the skin, which is called a surfeit.
If the tendency to torpor of some viscus is considerable, this will be increased at the time, when the terrene gravitation is greatest, as explained in the introduction to Class IV.
A third smaller instrument, f f, is seen to pass out of the urethra anterior to the prostate, and after transfixing the right vesicula seminalis external to the neck of the bladder, enters this viscus at a point behind the prostate.
In the rare cases in which secondary sarcoma of the viscus is developed the ejecta are bloody or have the coffee-ground appearance, and the vomiting occurs several hours after eating, as the new growth is generally situated at the pylorus.
A fistulous communication may form either between the stomach and the exterior (external gastric fistula) or between the stomach and some hollow viscus (internal gastric fistula).
The parietes of the viscus are then reduced to a very thin lamina of serous membrane, commonly so fragile as to tear on the slightest handling, or even already perforated without any effort on the part of the anatomist.
The stomach is only a thin-walled membranous viscus which finds difficulty in dealing with food in lumps.
The viscus consists of a series of muscles, the fibres of which must be rather nicely coordinated and controlled in order to secure that complete contraction necessary for thorough emptying.
The reason for it seems to be that undilute whiskey is thrown into the circulation by being taken into the stomach at a time when that viscus is empty and all the cells are craving food and drink.
A hernia is said to be reducible, when the protruded bowel or viscus readily returns into the abdomen on the application of pressure to the swelling, or on the patient assuming the recumbent posture.
In the last case, the colon may end in a blind sac at the fundus of the bladder, or it may open either into thatviscus or into the vagina.
The viscus is making violent exertions to relieve itself, and if these are left unassisted, or not rendered unnecessary, they may prove the patient’s destruction.
Sometimes excitement of the viscus follows; the secretions from its surface are increased, and often mixed with blood.
This state of the urinary system is very common in old people, who neglect natural calls to empty the viscus during the night, or while sitting socially after dinner.
In wounds of the portions of the viscus not clad in peritoneum, as a rule, a very different prognosis obtains.
The increase of risk in an extra-peritoneal wound of this viscus is indeed very great, while an intra-peritoneal perforation may be considered an injury of lesser severity, provided the urine be of normal character.
On April 1 he was very well, and it was considered very doubtful if any viscus was wounded.
At the base of the bladder a large submucous hæmorrhage had occurred, the blood-clot had assumed a dark orange colour, and on first opening the viscus the appearance was that of a mass of fæces.
In a similar manner the stomach easily attracts nutriment from the liver when it [the stomach] has a sufficiently strong craving for it, and the appetite of the viscus is satisfied.
If the pressure within a viscus has been heightened, and persists, that is, is not disturbed by some other associated factor or instinct, conduct results to lower the pressure to what it was before the instigator of the tension appeared.
The pressure within a viscus is dependent upon the ratio between the amount of contraction of the involuntary muscle in its walls, the external pressure, and the quantity of its distending contents, the internal pressure.
Internal hemorrhage is most fatal when due to the rupture of a viscus such as the heart, lungs, liver, kidney.
The prognosis in incised wounds is good as to life unless a large vessel has been divided or unless an importantviscus has been penetrated.
The gravity of penetrating wounds varies somewhat with the particular viscus or viscera injured.
This viscus has been injured in a variety of ways during operations on the pelvic organs.
The frequent use of the bladder sound is very useful at this stage, as it is quite easy to wound this viscus laterally.
Indeed it has even been recommended, in cases where the bladder has been extensively involved, to resect this viscus and engraft the ureters into the rectum.
When a tumour is impacted in the pelvis it may push the bladder high in the abdomen; in such an event this viscus is apt to be opened in making the incision.
By means of the finger a uterus can be explored in which the cavity is much longer than the operator’s finger, if the viscus be forced down on to the finger by the pressure of the other hand above the symphysis pubis.
The uterus is a hollow fibrous viscus situated in the hypogastric region between the bladder and the rectum, below the intestinum ileum and above the vagina, and is by far the largest of the generative organs.
By taking the animal, and gently pressing its abdomen, if the bladder be empty, the intestines will be felt; but if the viscus be full, there will be a soft and pulpy mass under the fingers.
An important viscus of the abdomen has been ruptured, yet no bruising of the parietes observable; symptoms of cerebral concussion have shown themselves, yet no injury of the scalp to be detected.
The latter viscus may, however, be penetrated without the peritoneal cavity being opened; and, as experience proves, the wound is then by no means of a fatal character.
When a bone is shattered, a cavity penetrated, an important viscus wounded, a limb carried away by a round shot, pain is not so prominent a symptom as the general perturbation and alarm which supervene on the injury.
In ordinary wounds from musket–shot, scarcely any matter will escape from the opening of the parietes, the margin of which becomes quickly tumefied; but if any escape, it will probably indicate what viscus has been wounded.
Each bearer or “host” may be viewed as a continent, and each part or viscus of his body may be regarded as a district.
The digestive cæca also disappear, leaving only a short stomachal cavity, which reminds one of the same viscus in imperfectly organised sporocysts or rediæ.
Poisons taken into the stomach when that viscus is empty, necessarily act much more speedily than when it is full.
The latter is one of the most certain means we possess of emptying the stomach; and by means of it this viscus may be washed out, and the antidote, if any be known, administered.
In acute cases the stomach is the viscus most affected; but in chronic cases the whole alimentary canal is found inflamed and ulcerated, particularly the duodenum and rectum.
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