A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton ; with notes by John Hayes.

  • Pemberton, Christopher Robert, 1765-1822.
Date:
1830
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Credit: A practical treatise on various diseases of the abdominal viscera / by Christopher Robert Pemberton ; with notes by John Hayes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    experience Our reliance on continued purging may be such, that after the second bleeding we may wait about eighteen hours before we have recourse to a third bleeding: at this time, unless the pain be diminished.; and the pulse become more natural, blood may again be taken from the arm, and a large blister applied to the whole of the right side. The blood at this time shews- a thick coat of buff; on which it is expedient to offer a few remarks. I am, with others, well aware that the presence or absence of buff ought not qf itself to decide our prac- tice as to future bleeding, inasmuch as the most tri- fling circumstance in the manner of the blood's flow- ing will prevent its appearance altogether, even du- ring active inflammation: j^et when it is present, I think that an attentive observation of its texture will materially assist us in deciding how far we may a°-ain Venture upon general bleeding. If, for example, the buff, after six hours from the time of the venassection, appears very firm, compact.