Pathological observations, Part I. on dropsy, purpura and the influenza of the latter end of the year 1822, and beginning of that of 1823; and particularly on the morbid changes of the blood, and their influence on the production and course of the diseases, illustraled [sic] by select cases and dissections / by William Stoker ...

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1823
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Credit: Pathological observations, Part I. on dropsy, purpura and the influenza of the latter end of the year 1822, and beginning of that of 1823; and particularly on the morbid changes of the blood, and their influence on the production and course of the diseases, illustraled [sic] by select cases and dissections / by William Stoker ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S “ quantity, and liquid, rising above the coagu- “ lum on its being detached from the sides of the “ cup to which it adheres. The coagulated mass “ is semitransparent, of a light pink colour, does “ not resemble the curd of milk, so that all that “ has been said by a few modern physiologists on “ the exact resemblance which they have pre- “ tended to discover between milk and chyle, is “ totally void of foundation. The lymph, which “ constantly unites with the chyle before the lat- “ ters enters the sangufueros system, on being re- “ ceived into a vessel by Mascagni, coagulated in “ the space of seven or ten minutes, turned sour, “ and separated into two parts, the one more “ abundant, serous, in the midst of which there ** floated a fibrous coagulum, which, by contract- “ ing, formed into a small cake on the surface “ of the fluid. Hence, he concludes, contrary “ to the opinion of Hewson, that lymph con- “ sists, for the greatest part, of serum, and that “ fibrine constitutes its least part.” The condition of the blood flowing from the liver, and again reentering the greater circulation by the vena cava ascendens, as well as the changes produced on it in its passage through the biliary system, appears to me also to demand attention in treating of diseases, but more especially such as are intended for the subjects of this essay. It has always been my opinion that the chief use of the liver and spleen was to effect an im-