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.

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    ment which ordinarily proves successful with ulcers situated elsewhere. It is from this cir- cumstance, and the degree to which they cripple active exertion, that they derive their importance; it is this peculiarity—whatever may have been their origin, however various their aspect—which has attracted the attention of surgical writers from the earliest period, and has caused them to be treated of almost as a distinct branch of surgery. Adopting Dr. Thomson's definition, therefore, ulcers of the leg clearly fall under the description of suppurating sores which manifest little or no disposition to cover themselves with a cicatrix; and it is to discover the source, or sources, of this intractability that the attention of the surgeon must be directed, in order to enable him to decide with confidence upon the treatment best adapted to overcome it in any given case.