On the treatment of ulcers on the leg without confinement : with an inquiry into the best mode of effecting the permanent cure of varicose veins / by Henry T. Chapman.

  • Chapman, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1806-1874.
Date:
1848
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Credit: On the treatment of ulcers on the leg without confinement : with an inquiry into the best mode of effecting the permanent cure of varicose veins / by Henry T. Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    with the decoction for twenty minutes, with the effect of entirely relieving the severe pain at first caused by the pressure of the bandage. The dressing was completed by folding round the ancle a piece of oiled silk, directing her daughter to remove this covering, and soak the bandage afresh whenever pain returned, replacing it as before. Feb. 6th.—She had passed a good night, and expressed herself as more free from pain than she had been for months previously. The leg was dressed daily in the same manner, the pressure being very gradually increased. Feb. 17th.—The sore had improved so much that its cavity was filled up at several points with granulations, almost to the level of the skin. As the discharge was rather profuse, I now substi- tuted cold water for the warm decoction, and, with the exception of an occasional application of nitrate of silver, under this simple treatment cicatrization was completed within five weeks from its commencement. March 27th.—Discharged quite well, with an injunction to wear the bandage for some time.