New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, teaching them the art of effectually keeping up inguinal and scrotal ruptures / By W.H.T[imbrel] Esq. To which is prefixed, a recommendatory letter by William Blair.

  • Timbrel, William Hall
Date:
1802
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, teaching them the art of effectually keeping up inguinal and scrotal ruptures / By W.H.T[imbrel] Esq. To which is prefixed, a recommendatory letter by William Blair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c 3K / might en$u£; and, in young males, the situa¬ tion of the testes must also be attended to. A double truss, even for a single Rupture, is preferable ; it sits as easy as a single one, and perhaps, might prevent a Rupture on the sound side. In all cases where trusses are provided, a skilful surgeon ought to examine the patients and apply the trusses ; for many instances have occurred of people wearing them, who never had a Rupture, and of others who, though ruptured, received no benefit for want of careful management in the application of the trusses they employed. Females afflicted with reducible Ruptures in the groin, have adopted the methods here described, and with the usual success, though engaged in the most laborious work. Chap*