An essay on the cure of ulcerated legs, without rest, exemplified by a varitey of cases, in which laborious exercise was used during the cures / [William Rowley].

  • Rowley, William, 1742-1806
Date:
1771
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Credit: An essay on the cure of ulcerated legs, without rest, exemplified by a varitey of cases, in which laborious exercise was used during the cures / [William Rowley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Observation III. MARY COLE, the corner of Weft Street, St. Anne's, applied to me for the cure of five or fix large Ulcers in each Leg, of various dimemions; indeed the whole Legs were almoft covered with fores, the generality of them were cal¬ lous, and their bottoms all foul, difcharg- inor a mo ft difagreeable feet id matter, at- D j tended with great inflammation, pain and fwelling y thefe had been of forne years (landing, and had refilled the mod regu¬ lar methods of Practice. I began the cure by Bleeding, flie being of a fanguine habit, and ordered the Nitre in large dofes, beginning with half a dram, and encrea- fmg the dofe gradually to two Temples and a half, joined with the Camphorated Ju- lap, which in about fix weeks reduced the Ulcers, tlio' very deep, to a mild ftate ; the callofities were all foftened, and the meenifh colour at their bottoms appeared t> . of a lively red, with new granulations: at this time, finding her fores much better, D 3 fhe