Observations on the method of curing the hydrocele by means of a seton.

  • Howard, John, 1726-1790.
Date:
1783
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the method of curing the hydrocele by means of a seton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    great variety of cafes, which were treated with the utmoft care, and noted with the flrideft fidelity. TheCauftic, in order to cure, is to be ap- plied for fuch a length of time as fhall be fuf- ficient to form an efcar through the integu- ments of the fcrotum $ and, if pcflible, affect the tunica vaginalis alfo; the intention being, to raife fuch a degree of inflammation on the membrane, immediately containing the wa- ter, as fhall convert it into a flough, and con- fequently deftroy it; the tefticle itfelf, accord- ing to the account given by the late Mr. Elfe, being uninjured, either during the courfe of the cure or after it; and left hill covered with the tunica albuginea, though deprived of its other coat. The Seton is employed, with intent to raife fuch a degree of inflam- mation only, between the furface of the tunica vaginalis, and that of the tunica albuginea tejlist as fhall bring on a firm coalefcence between them, and thereby abolifh the cavity containing the fluid, i which