Transactions of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Vol. 2: Twenty-Sixth Annual Session Held at Asheville, N. C., October 9, 10 and 11, 1900 ( PDF Download

Author: Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780366181049
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 490

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Excerpt from Transactions of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Vol. 2: Twenty-Sixth Annual Session Held at Asheville, N. C., October 9, 10 and 11, 1900 The gallbladder was as large as a hen's egg and contained thirty-five strongly faceted stones varying from one - sixteenth to one-half inch in diameter. They had evidently been ex posed to friction for a long time. One stone, one-fourth inch in diameter, was in the common duct. By inserting small dressing forceps and dilating the biliary duct, pressing the common duct between finger and thumb, it was possible to shove the stone back into the gallbladder and remove it. The gallbladder was attached to the peritoneum and drained. The patient made a normal recovery, leaving the hospital five and one-half weeks from the date of Operation. Case No. 7386. - This patient came under my care at the Augustana Hospital, March 20, 1900, and is a married woman of 34, with a good family history. History - Was always well as a child. Menstruation com menced at the age of 15 and was regular and painless. She was married at the age of 22; had one pregnancy at the age of 24, but miscarried at five and one-half months. Her health was impaired for six months following this experience. Eight years ago she began to be troubled with slight attacks of col icky pain in the region of the epigastrium. These pains con tinned for about one-half hour and were frequently repeated during the period following, at intervals of from one week to a month. These attacks were supposed to be due to gastric disturbances. She was then well for a year and a half, when the attacks returned with greater severity. They have per sisted ever since. When the patient has been confined to liquid diet she has felt fairly well, but on attempting to eat solids she has invariably suffered. During all this time she has been under treatment for gastric disturbances. One year ago she examined her stools after one of her attacks and found several gallstones. Since this time she has taken olive oil at intervals and has always felt better for it. During the past six months she has noticed some pain in the right inguinal region. Previously her pain had always been confined to the region of the epigastrium. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.