Gastrostomy : establishment of a gastric fistula, in a case of stricture of the oesophagus / by George Buchanan.

  • Buchanan, George, 1827-1905.
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[1881]
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Credit: Gastrostomy : establishment of a gastric fistula, in a case of stricture of the oesophagus / by George Buchanan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In a post-mortem examination it was found that there was a small oval tumour encircling the oesophagus about two inches and a half above the cardiac orifice of the stomach. The oesophagus passed through the centre of this swelling and was contracted for an inch of its length, so that a probe was with difficulty passed through it, even after the partial softening of the mucous membrane, which occurs soon after death. The upper orifice of this structure was plugged with a grape seed, of which the smaller end wras downwards, so that it was fixed like a stopper in a decanter. The tumour was tough and firm, and its intimate structure wTas that of epithelial cancer. Glasgow. The Lancet,] [Jan. 1, 1881.