Surgical tracts, containing a treatise upon ulcers of the legs ... Together with hints on a successful method of treating some scrophulous tumors; and the mammary-abscess, and sore nipples of lying-in women / [Michael Underwood].

  • Underwood, Michael, 1736-1820.
Date:
1788
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Credit: Surgical tracts, containing a treatise upon ulcers of the legs ... Together with hints on a successful method of treating some scrophulous tumors; and the mammary-abscess, and sore nipples of lying-in women / [Michael Underwood]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prompt to undertake any thing, having con¬ vinced him of the poffibility of fuch cures, and led him to the knowledge of many, in¬ duced him to turn his thoughts to a fubjeft, which he has never fince loft fight of. In the mean time, his education under the beft of mafters, together with his long refidence in one of the largeft, and beft conducted hofpitals in this metropolis, as well as his attendance in thofe of Paris, gave him fufficient opportunities of feeing, that for fome caufe or other, the knowledge of completely healing old ulcers in the legs, has ever been very deficient and un¬ certain. The fubjeft, though of fo great im¬ portance to the fuffering individual, has, per¬ haps, not appeared of fufficient confequence to eminent furgeons, whofe employment has ufu- ally been both of a more profitable, and agree¬ able kind. It is hoped, gentlemen of this clafs, who deferve and poffefs the higheft de¬ gree of public efteem and confidence, will not think this an injurious fufpicion, efpecially as. the mention of it is principally intended, to fave the writer the mortification of having his firft attempt thought inferior to the dignity of a firft rate pradlitioner. Befides, any attempt muft be laudable to refcue this branch from the hands of quacks and ignorant pretenders, b z who