A Case of Hepatic Abscess: Operation and Recovery
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Territory, Rajputana, came to the hospital, suffering from abscess of the liver. Previous history.? Last winter (1896) he suffered from acute lobar pneumonia, and lias been suffering from chronic dysentery and malarial fever of an intermittent kind for the last three months. He complained of pain in the hepatic area. Present condition?I. General.? Very weak and prostrate (typhoid condition) ; complains of intermittent fever with chills and rigors; no appetite whatever ; great thirst and constipation. II. Local.? Great pain and tenderness over the hepatic area, pain of an aching and throbbing character; swelling about the size of a lien's egg between the ninth and tenth ribs. On palpation, fluctuation was detected, and I determined to open the abscess. | On the 8th October 1896, after rendering my hands, instruments, &c., antiseptic, I made an oblique incision with the scalpel about 2? inches between the ninth and tenth intercostal space ; about three pints of thick, offensive, sanguinolent
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دوره 32 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016