Haemorrhoids and prolapsus of the rectum : their pathology and treatment with especial reference to the application of nitric acid / by Henry Smith.

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Date:
1860
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Credit: Haemorrhoids and prolapsus of the rectum : their pathology and treatment with especial reference to the application of nitric acid / by Henry Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to my expectation. I tlierefore applied the acid again; and, having done this, and sent him home to bed, I chpped away the greater portion of the thickened skin around the anus. 17th.—He walked to my house this morning, and on examination no prolapse is \dsible. This gentleman wrote to me in a week, from the cou.ntrj^, to say that his boAvels now acted natm-ally, without pain, bleeding, or protru- sion. I enjoined him to be careful about keeping his bowels regular, and recommended him to use the sulphate of iron injection occa- sionally at night-time. I have endeavoured in the foregoing pages to point out clearly those cases which will be cured or benefited by the use of the nitric acid, as well as those which will demand a more ener- getic treatment. A considerable proportion of the cases submitted to the notice of the sui'geon \^ill undoubtedly reqmre the ligature or partial excision; and as a rule it may be affirmed, that where there is much induration of the mucous membrane, or where there are large htemor- rhoidal tumoiu's associated with the prolapsus, the nitric acid must not be thought of, other- wise both patient and surgeon will be disap-