An Account of a Pin Taken out of the Bladder of a Child, by Mr. William Gregory, Surgeon;Communicated in a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pr. R. S.Author(s): William GregorySource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 40 (1737 - 1738), pp. 367-369Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/103934 .

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E a67 3 -tluu}ed, inSamuch that thts will contlnx tten feme Days after the Redudion of the Gut is made.

Parts finflamed, and iti Contad? wiill foon Rick and coalefce together: Pain z the indicating Sign of Ins flagmmationG andn InflammatLon is an Intanzefaftion of the Veffiels in -the Parts inflamed. If then Pain happens tO be an LArtendant of a Rupture, xmherein the Ornentxm is colzzerrlld, and the Parts fo inflanzcd continuc in {Dontad;t, that is, if the Parts prolapLed in a Ruptulte are IlOt fc>on reduced, they will fwell in the Bag) and -be knit togethery and by filling up the Open- ingX by w-hich thgy had-prolapfed,. choak up thc PaSage, clog and prevent the returning back, com- prefs the Guts undet the PreXure, and firan;ulate them more and more, in proportion as thelr Bulk Ihall incmale, fo long as the Flulds- can *flow into tl<e tomprefs'd Cmals; in which at laR they AagnateX and upon Extravafation fuppurate, or the Mortificatioa of the Parts compreSd enIwes.

IIIo Ax Acsount qf a Pin taken oBt of the Bladder of a Child{) by Mr. William lGre gory, Sgrgeon; sotnmuncated {n a Lettet to SJr Hans Sloane, Svrt. MPr. R So

Br-onttvn rle-ar ChathamX yan +*-T733-4*

^ ^ Was callM to the AIElflrance o-f a \Alornan in Tra- - vail. Tlle Foetrls preScnted Prfl -a tranfverGe Pefttion; fioon recovcr'd the FeetX and in a fcw Min*utes deLi-

vst'd thc Woman. The Fgnisulxs Uhnbiliralis was- B b b Sc}

E a67 3 -tluu}ed, inSamuch that thts will contlnx tten feme Days after the Redudion of the Gut is made.

Parts finflamed, and iti Contad? wiill foon Rick and coalefce together: Pain z the indicating Sign of Ins flagmmationG andn InflammatLon is an Intanzefaftion of the Veffiels in -the Parts inflamed. If then Pain happens tO be an LArtendant of a Rupture, xmherein the Ornentxm is colzzerrlld, and the Parts fo inflanzcd continuc in {Dontad;t, that is, if the Parts prolapLed in a Ruptulte are IlOt fc>on reduced, they will fwell in the Bag) and -be knit togethery and by filling up the Open- ingX by w-hich thgy had-prolapfed,. choak up thc PaSage, clog and prevent the returning back, com- prefs the Guts undet the PreXure, and firan;ulate them more and more, in proportion as thelr Bulk Ihall incmale, fo long as the Flulds- can *flow into tl<e tomprefs'd Cmals; in which at laR they AagnateX and upon Extravafation fuppurate, or the Mortificatioa of the Parts compreSd enIwes.

IIIo Ax Acsount qf a Pin taken oBt of the Bladder of a Child{) by Mr. William lGre gory, Sgrgeon; sotnmuncated {n a Lettet to SJr Hans Sloane, Svrt. MPr. R So

Br-onttvn rle-ar ChathamX yan +*-T733-4*

^ ^ Was callM to the AIElflrance o-f a \Alornan in Tra- - vail. Tlle Foetrls preScnted Prfl -a tranfverGe Pefttion; fioon recovcr'd the FeetX and in a fcw Min*utes deLi-

vst'd thc Woman. The Fgnisulxs Uhnbiliralis was- B b b Sc}

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[ 368] lFo Fort, that it was with Difiiculty I could make-a LigatElrC upon itn in order to ulake a Separation : I im- nacdiatcly extlaEted the Secundixle, and meafur'd the aSaBlGs, which was little morG than four Inches long. As foon as the Woman was taken care of, I examind the Cllild, which I found to be imperiSeEt ill feveral Parts7 there being no Sags, neither Pri- vities to diRillguiSh of xvhat Sex it was: Where the Malsa thould be, there sras a fmall Perforation, (though slo Appearance of Lvbiv) through sx7hich the Urine al- ways paSs'd away; there was likewife a large Herxia Umbiliralis, arld a little lower in the Linea alba) was a Perforation, into which the IxnteJ9ingm re&Z^n operl'd, and there the Excrements paSs'd during the time the Child livvd) xvhich was almoR ten Weeks Sevelal Days before the Child died, a Gangrene ap- pear'd orl the Heraia, which foon paSs'd into tlle Ill- teAines, and occafion'd the Chtld's Death: The Her- siv, irs my Opirlion, ntas occafion'd by the ShortneSs cf the Fgnicglus, which did nor grow in Lcngth prot portionable to the Faetus; the Child in all other Parts was perfeEt. When the Child died, I had LibelXty from the Parents to infpeflc into it: I did not gc) through a regular DiXeEtion ; I only irlfpeEted into tlle Igte/Z;Sgm re2aw, (Xvhich I found as above defcrib'd) and the urina1Xy Bladder, which I found very Emall, and no Urine in it; the Cllild xaras never obServ'd tO make Water in a Stream svhil{:} it livJd, which makes me of Opinion, the SphinGer VeJ>rve xvas imperfedc. In handling the Bladder, I found fomething lharp pointing to my Finger; I could not diGcover wYhat it was7 until I Enip'd off the Neck of the Bladder: I then

took

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E 369 2 took out of the Bladder a tough kind of Sllbl:scalwceS about as big as a fmall Fig, in which was a Pin witll

the Head onn and very black; the *R1<illary lJladder,, Pin, and vircid StlbRalace, (though nonv fiotnesvhat wa{led) are here preferv'd ill Sp. Yin. R. Tlle Cafc) irl my Opinion, being very extraordinary, occafion3d rny givirlg the above Account of it, sshich I declare to be Truth, having open'd the Child in the Prefence of fcs eral SpedatorsO Nf itncEs my EIand,

Wm. Gregory. .

IV. X Letter from the Marqgis de Cau mont to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pref Jent of the Royal Society, containing the {DeS J>cription of a qvery extraordinary Stone or Caculus taken ot of the Bladder of a Mvs after l)eath; tranJ7clted fror- the French by T S. eM. D. F. R. S.

Sqvignon, Ff tlre 3 o . I 7 3 2 t SI R,

5.OU have an itldifputalzle Rigllt to all the 1L Wonders of Nature: Thcy have, in fomc

nzanller, recourfe to yorlr Triburwal: For where car they be examitled with fuch Judgment > This is my Motive for communicating tO you the Figule of alz vIncommon Stonc found lately in the 13ladder of a

dead lSody which I had ellgraved in my QWI1 Prc^- B b b x felzc^

E 369 2 took out of the Bladder a tough kind of Sllbl:scalwceS about as big as a fmall Fig, in which was a Pin witll

the Head onn and very black; the *R1<illary lJladder,, Pin, and vircid StlbRalace, (though nonv fiotnesvhat wa{led) are here preferv'd ill Sp. Yin. R. Tlle Cafc) irl my Opinion, being very extraordinary, occafion3d rny givirlg the above Account of it, sshich I declare to be Truth, having open'd the Child in the Prefence of fcs eral SpedatorsO Nf itncEs my EIand,

Wm. Gregory. .

IV. X Letter from the Marqgis de Cau mont to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pref Jent of the Royal Society, containing the {DeS J>cription of a qvery extraordinary Stone or Caculus taken ot of the Bladder of a Mvs after l)eath; tranJ7clted fror- the French by T S. eM. D. F. R. S.

Sqvignon, Ff tlre 3 o . I 7 3 2 t SI R,

5.OU have an itldifputalzle Rigllt to all the 1L Wonders of Nature: Thcy have, in fomc

nzanller, recourfe to yorlr Triburwal: For where car they be examitled with fuch Judgment > This is my Motive for communicating tO you the Figule of alz vIncommon Stonc found lately in the 13ladder of a

dead lSody which I had ellgraved in my QWI1 Prc^- B b b x felzc^

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