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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    pressed out, and the caustic is then to be applied to the orifice thus made. The same plan is to be adopted if the fluid ooze out at the edge of the eschar; it is to be fully evacuated by pressure, and the orifice is to be touched with the caustic. The healing process goes on best however when the orifice is in the centre of the eschar. After this treat- ment the eschar occasionally remains adherent, but more frequently the fluid j requires to be evacuated repeatedly, and \ this should be done every twelve hours, \ or once a day, according to the quantity j of fluid formed, taking care that the I eschar be not needlessly separated by « allowing the fluid to accumulate under-