An account of the appearances observed in the dissection of two of three individuals presumed to have perished in the storm of the 3d, and whose bodies were discovered in the vicinity of Leith on the morning of the 4th, November 1821 : with some reflections on the pathology of the brain / by George Kellie.

  • Kellie, George, -1829.
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[1824]
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Credit: An account of the appearances observed in the dissection of two of three individuals presumed to have perished in the storm of the 3d, and whose bodies were discovered in the vicinity of Leith on the morning of the 4th, November 1821 : with some reflections on the pathology of the brain / by George Kellie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that in both, there was found more or less of serous effusion within the head So far, then, these experiments seem to confirm the proposition, that no part of the circulating fluid can be withdrawn from within the cranium, with- out its place being simultaneously occupied by some equivalent. Having obtained permission from a butcher, I opened the carotid artery of one of his sheep, and the jugular vein of another, in presence of Dr Duncan junior, Dr Anderson, and Dr Combe. The moment the artery was opened, the blood was projected with great force to a distance of several feet; soon after, it flowed more slowly, and per saltum only, and the jet gradually became smaller and smaller. We observed (as Dr Parry had done) the gradual contraction of the calibre of the artery as the vascular system became emptied, and we saw that it has itself no pulsatory motion, or alteniate dilatation and contraction. Ten minutes after the carotid had been opened, the breathing was hurried and laborious, and the animal was slightly convulsed. The blood for ten minutes trickled more slowly down the neck; the eye became heavy and listless, and the breathing more and more oppressed; and at twenty minutes from the commencement of the experiment, there * Si sanguis plurimus sive ex arteria, sive e vena effluxeret, aqua intra caput efFunditur.—Seeds, Dissert. Jnaug. de San guine Mis.w, ^c. 181.5.