An essay on the hip disease : submitted, ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, ... / by J.S. Combe, ... / [J.S. Combe].

  • Combe, J. S. (James Scarth), 1796-1883.
Date:
1823
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    f u * he recommended large and deep incisions through the muscular substance, even to the bone, as we find from several cases detailed in his works. He seems to urge the detraction of blood, in the ear¬ lier stages, more fully than most later authorities. Celsus recommends the use of warm fomenta¬ tions and the cautery:—Ultimum est, et in vete- “ ribus quoque morbis efficacissimum, tribus aut “ quatuor locis super coxam, cutem candentibus ferramentis exulcerare.”* I need scarcely refer to authors of more modern date, in confirmation of the benefits derived from the practice just stated. Succeeding to Celsus, . Paulus jiEgineta, iEtius, Prosper Alpinus, Ambrose Pare, and all who have written on the disease, give their testimony in favour of the ancient practice. I Some recommend the actual, others the potential cautery: some are partial to setons, others prefer issues “ Clarissimus Boerhavius aiebat saepius ** nobis, si vellet arcanum quoddam vendere, id fore tectas, et sub alia specie occultatas, cantharidas in ischiadicis.^’t “ Hoc remedium,’’ continues De Haen, “ emplastri forma, palma manu majus, applicabat coxae, et dein, post ingentem vesicam • De Medic, lib iv. cap. 22. t De Haen. loc. citirt. p. 152.
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