Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases, and on aneurisms : including directions for the treatment of disorders of the digestive organs / by John Abernethy.

  • John Abernethy
Date:
1827
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Credit: Surgical observations on the constitutional origin and treatment of local diseases, and on aneurisms : including directions for the treatment of disorders of the digestive organs / by John Abernethy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    operations. The consequences in the pre- sent case were more severe than might have been expected, if it were not known that an operation performed on a healthy patient is more apt to produce considerable disorder, than when performed on one whose con- stitution has previously sustained the irri- tation of a disease, for which the operation becomes necessary. . It is probable also that the restlessness and anxiety of the patient were aggravated, if not principally caused, by the state of the chylopoietic viscera; since the relief which took place in those parts on the renewal of secretions into them, certainly removed the nervous and febrile symptoms. That the dis- charges were the effect of secretion is proved by the absence of alimentary matter in the bowels, in consequence of the action of the purgative administered on the morning of the operation, and the abstinence both be- fore and after that period.* I could * Two instances are recorded in Mr. Pott's works, of the operation for the reduction of an hernia being per- formed
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