Appendix to a publication, entitled New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, &c. &c : containing a familiar account of the nature of ruptures in both sexes / by W.H.T.

  • Timbrel, William Hall.
Date:
1802
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Credit: Appendix to a publication, entitled New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, &c. &c : containing a familiar account of the nature of ruptures in both sexes / by W.H.T. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ought to be, and accords totally with Mr. Pott's ideas, who: says, It can hardly be necessary to say, that the surgeon should be careful to see that the truss fits, as his success and reputation depend on such care. A truss which does not* press ENOUGH, is worse than none at all, as it occasions loss of time, and deceives the patient or his friends; and one which presses too muchf, or on an improper part, gives pain and trouble, by producing an inflammation and swelling of the spermatic chord, and sometimes of the testicle. I hope, Sir, these familiar extracts will be of use to ruptured persons. W. H. T.. * Can a truss, put on obliquely, press enough ?—Twenty- five years melancholy.experience tells me NO. -r+ Horrid bars of iron, all in one piece, bruising the in- testines and loins, Sec. Sec. which is a very gothk fashion,' lately revived; ADDENDA