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2 Accidents in Their Medico-Legal Aspect 1910

handle is hein.beal/aitmladk0002 and id is 1 raw text is: PANCREAS. By JAMES SHERREN, F.R.C.S., Assistant-Surgeon to the London Hospital; Surgeon to the Poplar Hospital for Accidents ; late Erasmus Wilson Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons. Head-note. INJURIES to the pancreas may result in bleeding or inflam- mation. Technical Terms. Common Bile-Duct.-A tube formed by the union of the tubes from the liver and from the gall-bladder. (See Liver.) [Figs. 133, 134, 149, 171.] Cyst.-A tumour containing fluid. Duodenum.-The first twelve finger-breadths of the small intestine. [Figs. 2, 149, 170, 171.] Epigdstrium (Epigastric Region).-The pit of the stomach. [Fig. 1.] Fistula.-An abnormal communication between a hollow organ and the skin, or between two hollow organs. Necrasis.-Death of small particles of the body. Pdncrsus.-A large digestive gland lying across the base of the abdomen just about the level of the navel. [Figs. 2, 149.1 Peritoneum.-The membrane lining the abdomen and covering its organs. (See Peritoneum, p. 614.) Peritonsum, Lesser Sac.-The pouch of peritoneum situated behind the stomach and covering the pancreas. (See Abdomen, p. 37.) Anatomy. The pancreas (sweetbread) is a soft, tongue-shaped organ situated on the back wall of the abdomen behind the peri- toneum, and just above the level of the navel. It is divided into a head, a body, and a tail. The head is situated in the curve formed by the beginning of the small intestine (duodenum -see Intestine), while the body crosses the spine, and the tail 6o6