On the malformations and diseases of the head / by William Wadd.

  • Wadd, William, 1776-1829.
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the malformations and diseases of the head / by William Wadd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PLATE IX. Exhibits a cancerous affection of the eye-lids and sur- rounding parts, accompanied with diseased state of the brain, the effect of external injury. This man, about 50 years of age, received a violent blow on the eye, from the end of an oar. Great inflam- mation ensued, which subsided without any injury to his sight, though he was never free from pain in his head. Six months afterwards, an insect stung him in the same eye, which instantly caused great swelling, and destroyed the power of vision. Inflammation and pain were exces- sive, and in the course of a few weeks the eye sloughed away, leaving the orbit bare, and the eye-lids as repre- sented in the drawing. He lingered some months in misery, and retained his faculties to the last. Upon the dissection of his head, the right hemisphere of the brain was found covered with pus, and a considera- ble portion of the anterior lobe in a state of suppuration, but chiefly in a line parallel with the foramen opticum. The brain adhered firmly to the dura mater, covering the orbitary process of the frontal bone, and extending to the os petrosum. On opening the ventricles, a, small quantity of fluid.