The students guide to surgical diagnosis / by Christopher Heath.

  • Christopher Heath
Date:
1879
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Credit: The students guide to surgical diagnosis / by Christopher Heath. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Callous. 402. An ulcer with thick edges, and a glazed surface, which has probably existed for months or years, is a typical callous ulcer, and is often connected with varicosities. Inflamed. 403. Any nicer may take on inflammation, in which case, the surface and surrounding skin become injected and hot, the activity of the ulcerative process increased, and the pain in the part aggravated. Phagadaena. 404. A rapidly spreading ulcer, 'in which, though the size increases daily, no distinct sloughs can be seen, may be considered an example of phagadcena. Sloughing. 405. An inflamed ulcer in which the edges of surrounding skin are seen to die in patches which came away as sloughs, the discharge from the ulcer being profuse and offensive, is an example of sloughing ulcer. Sloughing 406. An ulcer suddenly putting on a peculiar phagadosna white or greyish appearance, due to the rapid formation of superficial sloughs, which have a sodden macerated appearance, is attacked by hospital gangrene, or sloughing phagadama. Hospital Jn tne later stages an ulcer attacked gangrene. ^>y this disease rapidly spreads, by ulceration and sloughing combined, until the bones are exposed and the limb destroyed. The early recognition of hospital gangrene in a ward