Metastatic panophthalmitis / by Charles J. Kipp.

  • Kipp, Charles J. (Charles John), 1838-1911.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: Metastatic panophthalmitis / by Charles J. Kipp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    chronic passive congestion and oedema; a thin yellowish purulent substance in small bronchi; the lungs containing air through- out. Abdomen: Peritoneum was moist and shiny; fluid not excessive; no adhesions. Spleen was soft and capsule adherent; anaemic infarct size of a silver quarter in left upper portion; rest of pulp very soft. The kidneys were rather small; fat small in amount; capsules stripped rather easily; cortices slightly atrophic; cloudy swelling and beginning degenerative changes and passive congestion. In pelves small amount of thin watery purulent material, also in pyramids. Beginning pyo-nephrosis. Stom- ach was distended, containing thin foul smelling material, but there were no patho- logical changes. Intestines, small and large, negative. Liver was rather large—nutmeg- liver, passive congestion, no infarcts seen, gall bladder—negative. For the history and the notes of autopsy I am indebted to the House Staff of the City Hospital. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF LEFT EYE BY DR. GEORGE S. DIXON. When the globe was divided an exudate was found in both the anterior and vitreous chambers, which was partially floculent in character. The greater portion of the exudate within the vitreous chamber was lost during manipulation, and hence does not show in the preparations. The retina