Remarks on the Pathology of Hepatic Abscess
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In the Army Medical Reports for 186-5 will be found a case of dysentery, communicated by me, which was remarkable for the associated hepatic abscesses. These abscesses, which were countless in number, were all of very small size, and their origin, within the capillaries of the portal system, was demonstrated. I remarked that the case appeared to throw, a strong light upon the manner in which hepatic abscess occurred, as the effect of dysentery ; and it led me to study more deeply the pathology of the disease. In this paper I propose to discuss the subject of abscess of the liver, principally in connection with dysentery. It will be my endeavour to prove that hepatic abscess has two distinct forms, as well as two distinct modes of origin : ?
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