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A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1761
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Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fcumfcribed, lying under the falfe Ribs be* heath the Reftus Mufcle. 1 have hinted, thd.t though the Opening of the Gall-Bladder is Exceedingly dangerous where it remains loofe, yet when it happens to adhere to the Pcritomziim, the Operation mav be advifeable. The Gall-Bladder, like the Uri¬ nary-Bladder, by excefilve Diftenfion is foms- times burft3 but if previous to the Rupture, it adheres to the neighbouring Parts with which it falls into Contact, as is ufual with inflamed Membranes, it will be proper to make an In- cifiori in the upper Part, left it fhould burft in- , wardly, and evacuate the Bile into the Abdomen. There are feveral 4 Examples recorded where it has broke externally, and the Patients by this Accident have done well: Thefe Examples therefore fhew the fitnefs of making fuch an Opening, where an Adhefion'is certain; but what recommends the Operation ftill more, is the Poflibrlity of extrading a Stone or Stones frofti the Gall-Bladder, v which by their Refi- dence would continue to keep up the Inflam¬ mation and the consequential Complaints. This Operation 5 was firft performed where it was not originally intended 3 the Surgeon 4 Memoires de V Academe de Chirurgie, i r -. Vol. J. 5 Memoirs s de I’Academie ds Cbirurj'iey i 78 Vol I only