IN no part of the alimentary canal are the diseases to which it is liable, so obscure, both in their origin and diagnosis, as in the duodenum; and as the fol- lowing cases of ulceration of this portion of the small intestines in connection with burns, may be interest- ing, as tending to throw some light on its pathology, and to awaken attention to a source of danger in these accidents not generally suspected, I have much pleasure in complying with the wishes of the President in submitting them to the consideration of this Society.CASE 1. Exteswive burn.-Ulceration of the Duodenum.-Fatalhe7matemesis.M. A. Fox, a girl aged 11, was brought to the london Hospital May 9th, 1841, on account of a * Mr. Lee has a distinct recollection of another case of ulcer in this part of the duodenum after death, by burn, but he preserved no notes of the case.
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