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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    coal quite backward upon the fire In the grate ; and put a fmall ru£h~light in a can- dleftick, which was fet in a chair near the head of the bed, but not on the fide where the curtain was. At half after five the next morning, a fmoak was obferved to come out of the window in. the flreet 1 and, upon breaking open the door, fome flames were perceived in the room, which, with five or fix buckets of water, were eafily extinguifhed. Betwixt the bed and fire-place, lay the remains of Mrs. Clues. The legs and one thigh were untouched. Except thefe parts, there were not the leaft remains of any fk'in, mufcles, or vi/^ cera. The bones of the fkull, thorax, fpine, and the upper extremities, were completely calcined, and covered with a whitifh efflorefcence. The flcull lay near the head of the bed, the legs near the bottom, and the fpine in a curved direc¬ tion; fo that fhe appeared to have been burnt on her right fide, with her back next the grate. . The right femur was fe- parated from the acetabulum of the if chlum \ the left was alfo feparate-d, and broken