Coagulum in the substance of the brain - UCD Digital Library

Coagulum in the substance of the brain

Abstract: Watercolour medical illustration depicting blood clots. It has the alternative reference number 1127, P15A and 88 on the front. The Richmond Hospital Museum reference is D.a.16. The entry for this in P263/1 pg. 16 reads 'Clot of Blood in the Brain. Apoplexy. Th.s Sweeny aet 36. Dr Hutton'. The artist' name is in the bottom right corner 'J. Connolly Del.t' and in the bottom left 'Case of Tho.s Sweeny Aet 36'. The typescript note on the back begins 'Coagulum in the Substance of the Brain – Ramollissement'.

In collection  Richmond Hospital Medical Illustrations

Resource description

Origin information
Dublin, Ireland
Date created: –
Type of Resource
still image
text
Physical description
1 art original : col.
30 x 24 cm
Scope and content
The full typescript note on the back reads 'Coagulum in the Substance of the Brain – Ramollissement – Dr Hutton said the specimens he then produced were from the body of a patient who had died during the week in the Richmond Hospital. He was a man aged 40, of intemperate habits, had been a soldier, and served in Canada; on his voyage homewards had an apoplectic attack, and was invalided in London. He had been received as a patient into the Richmond Hospital on the 17th, at which time his right side was paralysed: he was speechless, his pupils dilated, and his evacuations came away involuntarily. On the 21st the paralytic side was affected by convulsions, which recurred on that and the following day. After his deaths the parts within the skull were carefully examined, and the drawing made, which, with the affected parts themselves, he then laid before the Meeting. There was fluid blood in the ventricles; a considerable quantity had been effused, and formed a coagulum within the substance of the brain of about three inches by two. This was found by cutting down to the centrum ovale; in the centre of the coagulum was a mass of softened brain; the corpus striatum on the left side was occupied by coagulum, and was softened, []'.
Numbering/sequence
Original reference number: 1127.
Date details
This illustration is undated, approximate dates are given based on dates for the entire collection.
Languages
English  
Genre
Watercolors   linked data (gmgpc)   Medical illustrations   linked data (gmgpc)
Subject
Intracranial Thrombosis
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.ucdlib_280683
Location
University College Dublin. UCD Archives . P263/683
Suggested credit
"Coagulum in the substance of the brain," held by UCD Archives. © Public domain. Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:280683>
Record source
Descriptions created by staff of UCD Library, University College Dublin based on a finding aid and databases provided by UCD Archives. — Metadata creation date: 2022-06-02

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