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

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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$Let the breath be held in before an at¬ tempt is made to reduce the bowel; the a£ts of breathing and speaking contribute to force down a Rupture. Cover the fingers with the shirt or hand¬ kerchief, by which means the Rupture is gathered up with more certainty and dispatch,. To render the pra&ice easy to every one, I use the expression knead the bowel up¬ wards through the aperture, as dough is kneadedbut during a state of inflamma¬ tion, press upon the intestines very gently, if at all. By comparing the ruptured side of the body with the sound side, it may be seen and felt when the Rupture is reduced. Method makes every thing easy, therefore observe the following directions in the order in which they are placed: * * In the a£l of kneading, the fingers are to be ex¬ tended and drawn forwards, gently and shortly. ' C 2 % '■ v . * \ \ 1. Lay$