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Image number: RS.9944
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Effect of diphtheric-cholera on the mucous membrane of the stomach
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1849
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height (print): 330mm
width (print): 490mm
width (print): 490mm
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Anatomical study showing a rare case of the effect of diphtheric-cholera on the mucous membrane of the stomach, of which the author has only seen two cases. The white-gray excretion is adhered to the lining of the stomach and the membrane itself is hyperaemic with intense red to purple colouring.
Plate XII from Anatomie Pathologique du Cholera Morbus by Nikolay Pirogov (St Petersburg, 1849).
Plate XII from Anatomie Pathologique du Cholera Morbus by Nikolay Pirogov (St Petersburg, 1849).
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