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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    whofe integuments are comparatively thifl, and therefore muft conceive that much greater power would be requiiite to act through the fcrotum and thickened tunica vaginalis, fo as to produce abforption of the fluid and cohefion of the tunics. Hydroceles have been accidentally difperfed by various means, particularly by a blow, by a fever, and by ficknefs at fea. I do not entertain the {mailed doubt, that the above remedy, which has been propofed by an inge- nious and able practitioner, has produced the fame effect; but I cannot help doubting its capability of frequently producing it, having myfelf tried it, and known it tried by others, feveral times without fuccefs. The proportional merit, however, of dif- t ferent remedies, can never be exa&ly deter- mined : few men have opportunities of fee- ing a variety of remedies repeatedly tried, and perhaps Hill fewer pofiefs a fufficient fhare of candor, to weigh the merits and defeats of each in an equal balance ; confequently me- dical practice is never fettled in any cafe till it be nearly perfect, or at leafl: till fome one propofed remedy bears no comparifon, in point of excellence, with the reft. Thus, in 8 regard