ABSCESS OF THE SPLEEN

Abscess of the Spleen

A case of acute splenitis ending in suppuration occurred. The man had been ill for a considerable time at Loodiana with fever. A few days after rejoining head-quarters, he complained of great pain in the side, and the spleen was acutely tender and enlarged to the size of a large lish. It was leeched and blistered. A few days later, fluctuation could be felt in the spleen, and the pain continued...

Amoebic abscess of spleen.

A Case of Abscess of the Spleen

men greatly distended ; skin dry; feel (edematous; bowels irregular; tongue coated, but fairly moist; heart and lungs health}', except for occasional rhonchi in the latter; very anaemic; pulse quick and feeble; morning temperature 101*2. Liver enlarged to about a finger's breadth below the costal margin. Spleen extended downwards a finger's breadth below the umbilicus, and so far to the right a...

A Case of Abscess of the Spleen

to suffer from sharp pain over the splenic reo-fon accompanied by fever, the sharp pains pa?ssed off and were succeeded by a dull'heavy aching pain. For the last twenty days he had experienced rigors, followed by profuse perspiration, with constant fever, the temperature ranging between 99 and 100 in the morning, between 102 and 103-4 in tlie afternoon. At the same time the swelling of the spee...

Spleen Abscess as Malaria Complication

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