EXTENSIVE EFFUSION INTO THE PERICARDIUM.

Effusion into the Pericardium in Strangulation

Effusion into the Pericardium in Strangulation

SlR,?The following will, perhaps, be of interest as bearing upon the above subject. I recently examined the body of a man who died from the effects of hanging. The evidence was pefeetly clear that the man had hanged himself on account of bodily suffering. He had suspended himself with a twisted cloth. On the frontof the neck there was little to be seen, but on the right side, near the an?le of ...

Gastric perforation into the pericardium.

A 68-year-oldmanwith a previous history of partial gastrectomy (Billroth II) for an unknown indication, was admitted as an emergency case to our hospital following several hours of epigastric pain. He had suffered weight loss and anorexia for about 4 days, without hematemesis or melena. The physical examination findings were normal except for leg edema. Pulse rate was 118bpm and blood pressure ...

Abscess of Liver Bursting into the Pericardium

portion of the chest; on the left side the breathing was peurile ; there was no tenderness on pressure over the hepatic region, but there appeared to be some enlargement of the liver downwards, and towards the left hypochondrium; the sputum was a sanguinolent fluid with greyish white masses of a muco-purulent character floating in it; the quantity varied; some days it was very large, as much as...

Two Cases of Death from Hæmorrhage into the Pericardium