Radical cure of the hydrocele, by means of an injection.

  • Earle, James, 1755-1817.
Date:
[1790]
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Credit: Radical cure of the hydrocele, by means of an injection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    quantity of water was fraall, and I could not fafely introduce the inflrument which I ge- nerally ufe for the purpofe of injeding, I contented myfelf with emptying it by means of a fmall trochar, and found the teflis large in proportion to the fize of the tumor; I withdrew the cannula, and left it to take the chance of what might follow from partaking of the neighbouring inflammation which I expeded to take place. Mr. C. faw him the next day, and gave me an account that he had rifen, and was walking about the room, and that the parts were beginning to fwell. As this was greater liberty than I had yet given, I begged he might immedi- ately go to bed and have a poultice applied. I vilited him next day, and found more in- flammation than I had ever feen after this operation: and, what appeared extraordinary and fortunate, the fide which had not been injeded was almofl: as much inflamed as the other; but he complained not of the fmall- efl: pain in either. The 14th, I faw him again; he continued free from pain, and the inflammation was very much abated. The fide which had not been injeded appeared lefs likely to diminifh than th? other; and V *rI5r * . the