A treatise on scrofula / [James Russell].

  • Russell, James, 1754-1836.
Date:
1808
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Credit: A treatise on scrofula / [James Russell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The appearance of this second swelling dissi' pated every doubt; for as the child’s body had been narrowly inspected the preceding evening, while naked, and as no rudiment of swelling could then be discovered, the swel- ling which appeared in the morning must have arisen in the course of a single night; and therefore establishes the truth of a very im- portant fact in the history of scrofulous swel- ling. I, howeveivby no means wish to repre- sent this as the usual rate of their growth; for scrofulous swellings are in general remarkably slow in their progress, so that any instances to the contrary are to be regarded as exceptions to the common rule. The above mentioned case aflbrds the most remarkable instance of a de- viation from the ordinary rate of growth in scrofulous swellings with which I am acquaint- ed. I have indeed met with other cases of a similar nature, but not to the same extent. Soft scrofulous tumours are always formed by the effusion of a fluid ; and it may be remarked, that they are somewhat variable in their size, being one day more prominent and tense, the next more sunk and flaccid.