A probationary surgical essay, on crural hernia : submitted, by authority of the President and his Council, to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their corporation, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary members / by William Wood.

  • Wood, William, 1783-1858.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A probationary surgical essay, on crural hernia : submitted, by authority of the President and his Council, to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, when candidate for admission into their corporation, in conformity to their regulations respecting the admission of ordinary members / by William Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (30 / / in cafes of large hernias, in which the fymptoms of ftrangulation depended on an accumulation of faeces. In recent cafes, they are fometimes ufed with advantage, in the very early ft ages of ftran- gulation, previous to the occurrence of inflamma- tion. But whenever inflammation has commen- ced, purgatives are very hurtful, and add much to the diftrefs of the patient, by increafing the fre- quency and the feverity of the vomiting. The late Dr Monro fays, “ I have many times made a, “ rupture reduce, by giving powder of the jallap “ root and fweet mercury, when neither hands nor emollients did any good */* When purga- tive medicines are to be employed, they are to be given along with an opiate, which renders them lefs likely to be rejefted by vomiting. Purgative injections are lefs powerful in procu- ring the redu6:ion of the protruded vifcera than purgatives given by the mouth; but they may be ufed with fafety in all ftages of the difeafe. Injections of an infufion of tobacco in water have been very much recommended of late years ; they induce naufea, cold fweat, and great general relaxation, * Mijclical Eflaye and Obfervationo, vol. v. p. 283.