The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia / [William Turnbull].

  • Turnbull, William, active 1779-1806
Date:
1806
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Credit: The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia / [William Turnbull]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a defeat of seamen than a superabundance for the service, it is certainly an object of the first consequence to govern- ment, that no one be rejected from entering into it who lias a chance of being made useful. This opinion, which the author has hazarded, is confirmed by much experience in that line of practice we do not mean, however, that any should be admitted but those whose hernia are reducible, and that none should be invalided whose maladies are in the same state. Much, however, will depend on the attention of the Surgeon, and it would be well if at every port a proper set of trusses were made, under the direction of the Surgeon himself, so as to be adapted to their particular patients. It is well known that the con- trad!: trusses arc not lit for the purpose ; and where no- thing is left in the power of the Surgeon in this respedt, on the present plan, he cannot be considered answerable for patients under this malady being unfit for duty. The great point in every case of hernia at sea, is to keep the bowels in such a soluble state, that the pressure from within may be as slight as possible, and one of the simplest forms for this purpose is the following pill: Extract, colocynth. Vitriolat. tartar, a 5 ij. Sapon.' ^ j. Syrup, simplex, q. s. M. fiat in massa, et divid. in - pilulaxxxvj. Two or more of these pills may be taken when the body is costive. In cases of difficult reduction, or when symptoms of strangulation have taken place, the following formulas may be employed : Extradl.