Observations on the contracted intestinum rectum, and the mode of treatment: accompanied with cases, illustrative of the different morbid appearances attendant on the complaint. : To which are subjoined, two engravings of the disease. / By W. White, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

  • White, William, 1744-1790.
Date:
1812
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Credit: Observations on the contracted intestinum rectum, and the mode of treatment: accompanied with cases, illustrative of the different morbid appearances attendant on the complaint. : To which are subjoined, two engravings of the disease. / By W. White, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE II. Mr. C~~, about thirty years of age, applied to me, upwards of four years ago, for a complaint which he supposed to be the piles, that being the opinion of the medical person to whom he had previously made application; but instead of obtaining relief, he was growing worse. He said that for several years he had been of a costive habit, and had experienced some little difficulty in voiding his stools; bjit as only a temporary incon¬ venience was induced, he did not pay any par¬ ticular attention, as he otherwise enjoyed good health. He had also observed for some time that his stools were smaller in diameter than they had formerly been; and latterly, they had been dis- charged with a squirt. The pain in the rectum had now become considerable, not only at the time of his having a motion, but at other times in the day. The former case had made so deep an impression on my mind, that I suspected this person labored under a contracted rectum, more