title: Adult hypertrophic pyloric stenosis--a description in 1834?
abstract: John Peacock MD was in practice in Darlington when he published his Practical Hints on the Treatment of Several Diseases in 1834. It is suggested that his cases described therein of ;scirrhous pylorus' are adult hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. If authenticated, his work would predate the earliest description of this condition by the French pathologist, Professor Jean Cruveilhier in 1835.
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000266:history; D008297:Male; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000266:history*