History of a case in which a knife was swallowed, and passed through the abdominal wall, after an interval of nine weeks / by Edward Lund.

  • Lund, Edward, 1823-1898.
Date:
[1872]
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Credit: History of a case in which a knife was swallowed, and passed through the abdominal wall, after an interval of nine weeks / by Edward Lund. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    HISTORY OF A CASE IN WHICH A KNIFE WAS SWALLOWED, AND PASSED THROUGH THE ABDO- MINAL WALL, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF NINE WEEKS. By EDWARD LUND, F.R.C.S., LECTURER ON ANATOMY, AND ONE OF THE SURGEONS TO THE MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY. In September, 1871, I received a message from the brother of a lady who resided in the country, requesting that I would arrange an early day for a consultation on her case, which according to description seemed to be some sort of tumour within the abdomen, of an obscure nature. It was proposed that I should meet her medical attendant, and accordingly I arranged that a consultation should take place on the following Saturday. By the morning’s post of that day, however, I received a letter from the surgeon, stating that a consultation would not be necessary at present, as he thought the case would terminate in some sort of abscess, and he would give me further information in a short time. Three days after this, as I was leaving the Infirmary, he overtook me, and desired to have some conversation on the case. He said it had assumed quite a new aspect, and suggested that I should at once proceed with him to visit the patient. This I consented to. do immediately. I found her to be a lady of 26 years of age, who had been married nine years, and had had five children. She had enjoyed good health until about nine weeks before the date of my seeing her. Shortly after her last confine- ment she had become suddenly delirious, from what was dis- covered to be the effects of chronic alcoholism. She was placed under treatment, and every effort was made to correct the vicious habit into which she had fallen. One night, however, whilst in bed, without any warning, she suddenly awoke, jumped up, and