An account and method of cure of the bronchocele, or, Derby-neck : with some reasons attempted, for considering the bronchocele and dropsy of the ovarium, as kindred diseases, and a plate accurately engraved, representing the figure of the disease / by Thomas Prosser.

  • Prosser, Thomas (Civil engineer)
Date:
1782
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account and method of cure of the bronchocele, or, Derby-neck : with some reasons attempted, for considering the bronchocele and dropsy of the ovarium, as kindred diseases, and a plate accurately engraved, representing the figure of the disease / by Thomas Prosser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    various methods I have tried to difperfe thefe fvvellings, even in a recent ilate and moderate fize, have been defeated, and I never durft venture to attempt the cure by ex- cifion, (cutting it out) on account of the vicincity of the large blood-velfels; this gentleman, in his letter, I fhould fuppofe, did not communicate his method to Mr. Gooch, or furely he would have tried it, and have reported the events. Mr. Gooch farther obferves, “ he has talked with many eminent hofpital furgeons upon this fubje-fl, and they have exprelfed themfelves in the fame manner, who have the beft opportunities of im- proving the art, and making ufeful difcoveries.” — - Here, by the way, I will make one obvious remark. That this diforder has been moftly in the hands of furgeons, and they have confidered it a cafe in fur- gery, without even condefcending to turn one eye to phyfic for affiftance, where only it is to be had. » r ► r Mr. Gooch fays, “ he was once reluctantly prevailed upon, to be prefent at an attempt to extirpate - this diforder, where the tumour was of a very large fize, and the patient’s blood in a thin depauperated ftate. The operation had been refolved upon previous to his attending in a numerous confutation, and he H was