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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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    244- % Days, in order to dilate it, after which, wc are to employ Injections with or without a Canula, as we fhall judge expedient. I n Cafes where the Saccus is ulcerated externally, he mentions the Ufe of a Seton, and fays, he has fometimes praCtifed it with Succefs, but he prefers the Canula, as it more readily admits of the Cure of the Wound of the Skin, which, he fays is apt to become callous by a long Ufe of the Seton. One would imagine it fhould be very dif¬ ficult to introduce a Canula by the Noftril into the Saccus Lachrymalis; and indeed I found it fo in my firft Trials upon a dead Body, but the Habit of doing it readily, may be acquired by Practice. However I have not yet experienced this manner of curing a Fijhda Lachrymalis, and I believe it has not yet been attempted by any but the ingenious Author himfelf. It remains therefore to be decided by a fufficient Number of Experi¬ ments, whether it be fo practicable and fo beneficial as one would hope, and as M. Ds la Forcjl afferts. SECT.