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Abstract: Watercolour medical illustration depicting ulcer of the stomach. It has the alternative reference number 1235 and P3A on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is B.b.29. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 13 reads 'Ulcer of the stomach opening the coronary artery. Mr Smith'. The artist's name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t'. The typescript note on the back begins 'B.d.17. Ulcer of the Stomach'.
Scope and content: The full typescript note on the back reads 'B.d.17. Ulcer of the Stomach. Coronary Artery opened. Mr Smith laid before the Society an example of ulceration of the stomach, taken from the body of a man, aet 79. Who had been for many years before his death subject to biliary derangement, and symptoms of aggravated dyspepsia; three weeks before his death, he was attacked by severe vomiting and considerable quantities of blood were ejected from the stomach; he could not retain in the stomach either solids or fluids; the deglutition of fluids, in particular, was followed by sever vomiting; the alvine discharges were also mixed with blood; he also suffered from enlargement of the prostate gland. Autopsia. A circular ulcer about the size of a shilling was found near the pyloric end of the lesser curvature of the stomach; the ulcerative process had opened the coronary artery; the surface of the ulcer was foul, and of a green colour, and the stomach very vascular; the middle lobe of the prostate gland was greatly enlarged, and formed an irregular tumour, projecting into the bladder; the bladder itself was distended, so as to be capable of containing nearly three quarts of fluid' its parietes were remarkably thin, but the muscular fibres unusually distinct, giving the interior of the organ a reticulated appearance; between these packets of muscular fibres, the walls of the bladder were diaphanous; the mucous membrane presented the anatomical characters of chronic cystitis. (Museum, Richmond Hospital)'.
Numbering/sequence: Original reference number: 1235.
Date details: This illustration is undated, approximate dates are given based on dates for the entire collection.