Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

  • Chapman, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1806-1874.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    noticed this peculiarity in other cases of serpen- tine varix. Her health very good. . February 7th: Compresses of wet lint, cor- responding in size and shape with the various dilatations, were adjusted beneath the usual straps and bandage, and she was directed to moisten them with cold water twice a day. February 24th: AU the diseased veins greatly improved. No pain, itching, cramp, or uneasi- ness. She spoke of being almost always on foot, and could stand and walk with perfect comfort. The small sore healed, March 17th : The leg had been bandaged for a fortnight. The clusters below the knee much diminished in size. In the largest of the two she had felt some pain, and, on examining it carefully, I discovered that a prominent cell was obliterated by the formation of a coagulum. May 19th: The bandage had several times been left undisturbed for three weeks without inconvenience. The veins of the leg generally appeared to have recovered their normal con- dition, the clusters alone showing any remains of disease. During 1854, I saw this patient twice. She still wore the bandage, applying it herself once a fortnight; but a knotty tumour below the knee, hard and impervious to the blood, was the