The physiological, pathological and therapeutical effects of compressed air / by Andrew H. Smith.

  • Smith, Andrew H. (Andrew Heermance), 1837-1910.
Date:
1886
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Credit: The physiological, pathological and therapeutical effects of compressed air / by Andrew H. Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    admitted into the hospital March 226; died the 23d. The whole contents of the cranium were found highly congested, with effusion beneath the arachnoid, the vessels ot the latter membrane being highly injected. Blood oozed from the substance of the brain on sec- tion. The spinal cord presented pathological condi- tions precisely like those of the brain, with the addi- tion of the existence of clots of extravasated blood at different points inside the dura mater. There was also a congested condition of the thoracic contents, less marked probably in the lungs than in the other organs. The abdominal viscera were very highly congested, with extravasation of blood in the kid- neys. The mucous membrane of the bladder was healthy, and a small quantity of bloody urine was in the bladder, Case XXX.—John Meyers, aged about 40 years, a native of Germany, of a stout, heavy build, com- menced work in the caisson for the first time on the 226. of April, 1872, the pressure then being about 34 lbs. to the inch. He worked during the morning shift of 2^ hours without inconvenience, and remained about the yard for nearly an hour after coming up. He then com- plained of not feeling well, and started for his board- ing place, which was but a few rods distant. As he passed through the lowerstoryof the house, on his way to his own room, which was on the second floor, he complained of pain in the abdomen. While ascending