A treatise on bowel complaints: intended for the use of physicians, families, parents, masters of vessels etc. in the United States / By John G. Vought.

  • Vought, John G. (John Graff), 1791-1832.
Date:
1823
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Credit: A treatise on bowel complaints: intended for the use of physicians, families, parents, masters of vessels etc. in the United States / By John G. Vought. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lowed me. The disease always affects the large in« testines ; sometimes, however, the colon and rectum aré only affected ; they assume a black and putrid on the inside, and gangrenous. The villous coats are and omentum are affected, and put ona greenish co- lour. The bile is ropy, thick, and of a dark colour. The stomach is sometimes inflamed, which inflamma- tion extends, in some cases, through the whole intesti- nal-canal. The liver, spleen, and kidneys, are some- times affected; and also the vena cava decendens, though this is of rare occurrence. In some instances the large intestines are inflamed; in others partly mortified, and in others entirely mortified. Purulent water ts sometimes found in the cavity ef the abdo- men. ‘Tubercles or excrescences are often found cn the inside of the colon and rectum, which are some- times of a firm consistence, and without appearing to Dave any cavity. cure of DysenTERY. Tue compound that Ihave offered to the public for the cure of dysenteries, as I have stated in the di- rections around each phial that contains the medi- cine, undergoes a chemical change in the stomach and intestives; renders all acrid and acid substances harmless, and destroys the nature and cause of the disease. It is a compound for which f have obtained letters patent from the United States, granting me the exclusive right of preparing, making and vending the same, forthe term of fourteen years. The Re-