Las afecciones proctológicas del General San Martín / General San Martín proctological disorders
Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent
;
122(1): 32-36, mar. 2009. ilus
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in Spanish
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RESUMEN
El General San Martín estuvo postrado en cama desde fines de mayo hasta principios de julio de 1819. El viajero inglés Samuel Haigh que lo visitó dejó constancia del fuerte compromiso de su estado general. En su correspondencia San Martín refiere que padecía por ese entonces una "fistola producida por unas almorranas agangrenadas". Dado que las hemorroides no se complican con fístula, suponemos que el cuadro proctológico agudo habría sido producido por un absceso perianal. Apoyamos esta especulación en 1) el gran compromiso del estado general que atribuimos a la sepsis, y 2) la referencia a la fístula, que interpretamos como la evacuación espontánea del absceso.
ABSTRACT
General San Martin was confined in bed, from the end of May to the beginning of July of 1819, tired and exhausted. The English traveller Samuel Haigh, who visit him, wrote about San Martins seriously affected general condition. In his mail, San Martín told he was suffering from "fistula produced by gangrenous hemorrhoids". We know that hemorrhoids dont complicate with fistula, and suppose that his proctologic acute illness could be related to a perianal abscess. Our speculation is supported by 1) San Martins poor general condition, which we believe secondary to sepsis, and 2) the idea he had about a fistula, which we think was a spontaneous evacuation of an perianal abscess.
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Main subject:
Rectal Diseases
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Rectal Fistula
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Famous Persons
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Hemorrhoids
Type of study:
Etiology study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Argentina
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. Asoc. Méd. Argent
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Buenos Aires/AR
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