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A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1761
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    176 A Critical Enquiry, See* filver, added to the Plaifter, feerns ttf be bet> ter calculated for the Purpofe', as Quickfilver, mingled with Axungia or Plaifter, is not only an excellent topical Medicine for Ulcers ^ but has alfo a peculiar difeutient Quality* which it exerts, even when there is no Rup¬ ture of the Veffels. This Operation of the Quickfilver therefore, feems to give it greatly the Preference to the other Compofitions \ be- caufe, it not only adts as favourably upon the Surface of the Ulcers, but alfo exerts its other Virtues on the fungous or indurated Parts of the Urethra. Perhaps we {hall difeover hereafter the proper Proportion of Quickfilver to the Plaif¬ ter ; at prefent, I have allotted half an Ounce to every Ounce of Plaifter, which renders it exceffively more Mercurial than any Plaifter now in ufe. The Diachylon muft be made with Oil, and a little Pix Burgnndica added to it, that it may be fufficiently tenacious : To every Ounce of Plaifter I have ufually flung in two Drams of Crude Antimony finely levigated j from an Opinion, that it greatly conduces to the Smoothnefs and good Con- fiftence of the Bougie; befides, that it may poflibly have other Virtues. Upon this Plan the Prelcription ftands thus. Diach«