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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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    his former manner of living, it will be apt to fail down again into the Scrotum, or lie un- eafiiy prefling againft the Cufhion of the Trufs : Bat the greateft Exception to this Method of Cure in every Species of Hernia, is the want ot an abfolute Criterion, by which to diftin- guiih when the Parts do or do not adhere to t le Herniary Sac ; and in advanced Years, though one was fure that the Vifcera were free from the Sac, the Poffibilitv of hurtin- the Habit of Body by the neceffarv Evacuat ttons, is alfo another Objection to foe Expo- nment. A /uSr,LL C°me n°W t0 the Examination of the Bubonocele, in that Stage of the Com¬ plaint where the Vifcera are inflamed, and at the fame time, ftrangulated by the Rings of the Mufcles. This is a very dangerous Situation, and though often relieved by medical Means] yet it alfo often ends in a Gangrene of the Parts] unlefs the Stricture be removed by the dila¬ tation of the Abdominal Rings, which Procefs is called the Operation for the Bubonocele. Some Surgeons of the greateft Judgment, believing there is no danger in the Operation itlelf, impute the frequent Mifcarriages after the Operation merely to the deiperate Circum- ftances of the Patient before he will underg®
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