A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price.

  • Price, Rees.
Date:
1822
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Credit: A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    means of a sponge and hot water, and should be persevered in every five minutes, until a sufficient quantity of blood has been lost; but if the process has been performed on any part of the body which can be conveniently immersed in a vessel of hot water, or where, by sitting or reclining in a hip- bath, &c, the bleeding orifices can be covered by the water, these methods should be preferred. Even the warm-bath generally, in some instances, will be requisite and useful during the continuance of the bleeding; as in inflammation of the bowels, &c. The warm hip-bath will also afford essential auxiliary assistance in the subduction of the inflam- matory excitement; these are peculiarly appropri- ate to be used in cases of internal, visceral, or deep-seated inflammation ; but when the disease is situated superficially, the poppy fomentation will be the most desirable application to encourage the discharge, and emollient poultices, com- posed of the same liquid and crumb of bread, applied over the orifices after the bleeding has continued for some time. The poultices will ab- sorb the blood as it is discharged, and, by their soothing and anodyne properties, prevent the punc- tures from inflaming. They will also allay the irritability and pain of the affected part better than any other application. Cupping-glasses (in cases where it is wished to