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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    effeds of both thefe preparations, aflures me, that either of them will fucceed with more certainty, if the patient takes a vo* mit and purge during the increafe of the moon. Some parts of theie directions feem to bear 'the character of empiriciim; but where no harm can poffibly arife from, nor any inconvenience follow their ufe, it is to be wilhed, that thofe who think proper to give either of the preceding me¬ thods a trial, will do it in the manner re¬ commended. ir It feems highly probable, that the chief virtue of the bole confifts in the calcined fpunge. It is at prefent a dif- pute amongft naturalifts, whether fpunge. is a vegetable •, or whether, like the cor- V ralines, it is of animal origin. It yields upon a chymical analylis a larger quantity of vola¬ tile alealine fait, than can be obtained from any animal fubftance, except the bags of the iilk-worm j the caput mortuum icinerated, yields alfd a large proportion of fixed fait, not