Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus ; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano. / By Thomas Copeland.

  • Copeland, Thomas, 1781-1855.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus ; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano. / By Thomas Copeland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    whole internal surface of the rectum, from the sphincter to the sigmoid flexure of the colon, covered with small, deep, and de- tached ulcers. The lower part, which had been operated on, had formed so strong an adhesion to the surrounding parts, that it could not descend by the greatest efforts of passing his stool; and the readiness with which the part healed after the operation, was an evidence of the benignant character of the ulceration ; for it proved that it was not of a cancerous description.