An essay on the application of the lunar caustic, in the cure of certain wounds and ulcers / by John Higginbottom.

  • Higginbottom John, 1788-1876.
Date:
1826
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Credit: An essay on the application of the lunar caustic, in the cure of certain wounds and ulcers / by John Higginbottom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    severe diffused inflammation, the pus should be evacuated and a cold poultice applied for a day or two; for the too early application of the caustic would only add to this kind of inflammation; see p. 11; afterwards the skin may be removed, and if there be excoriations the caustic may be lightly applied. 2. Of Inflammation of the Finger. The following case of inflammation of the finger occurred without any as- signable cause. Case XXXI. A young man, aged 18, came to me with a painful swelling of the middle