Cases and remarks in surgery : to which is subjoined, an appendix, containing the method of curing the bronchocele in Coventry / by B. Wilmer.

  • Wilmer, Bradford.
Date:
1779
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Credit: Cases and remarks in surgery : to which is subjoined, an appendix, containing the method of curing the bronchocele in Coventry / by B. Wilmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And, juft for the fame reafon, when a foiall portion of inteftine only is, from fudden violence, or mufcular exertion, forced through the tendinous opening, it becomes ftrangulated, not becaufe there was at that moment any particular altera*- tion or ftri£lure in the fibres of, the ten¬ don, but becaufe the portion of inteftinc lying in an uneafy fituation, increafes In bulk, and therefore cannot be returned without fome difficulty. If a ring is drawn over the finger tight enough to comprefs the returning veins, the parts beneath it v/ill fwell. Here is a ftrangulation, and it may be faid that the ring forms the ftric- ture. But I believe no man in his . - fenfes would in this cafe propofe, by put¬ ting the finger into warm water, to make the ring larger, or to diminiffi the tumour, bv increafing the capacity of the whole vaf- cular lyftsm of the part fo flrangulated. My reafon for making this comparifon is, becaufe it is now generally allowed, that tendons, ligaments, &c. have fo little elaf- ticity, as to be but (lightly affedted (at ^ dcafl fuddenly) by warm applications, efpe- cially