Spinal Caries; Abscess Discharging through Intestine; Closure of Intestinal Opening; Death from Bursting of Abscess into Peritoneal Cavity

A Liver Abscess Bursting into the Peritoneal Cavity with Signs of Intestinal Obstruction

The patient was emaciated with a distended abdomen. Answered questions with difficulty. Coughing at intervals with slight expectoration. (Edema of the legs and abdominal wall was present and the patient was markedly ansemic. No sign of jaundice could be detected. The breathing was thoracic in type although a slight movement of the upper part of the abdominal wall was noticeable. There was sligh...

Amœbic Abscess of Liver Bursting into Pericardial Cavity

Abscess of Liver Bursting into the Pericardium

portion of the chest; on the left side the breathing was peurile ; there was no tenderness on pressure over the hepatic region, but there appeared to be some enlargement of the liver downwards, and towards the left hypochondrium; the sputum was a sanguinolent fluid with greyish white masses of a muco-purulent character floating in it; the quantity varied; some days it was very large, as much as...

Case of Lumbar Spinal Caries, Psoas Abscess, Suppurative Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, Suicidal Tendencies. Death, Necropsy

At that time he was passing through his first attack of acute mania, having been ill three months. He was not suicidal, but was dangerous to others. His family history, physical and psychological, was good, there being no history of phthisis, of neuroses, or insanity. His own bodily condition was good, and he was free from any physical ailment : he was not ruptured on admission. Mentally, he wa...

Idiopathic Lung Abscess Bursting into the Chest Wall