A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / [James Moore].
- Moore, James D., III
- Date:
- 1784
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A method of preventing or diminishing pain in several operations of surgery / [James Moore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 43 ] who could not refrain from crying* at the fight or touch of a furgical inftru- ment, although there was no pain at all. An operator may, on a particular occa- fion, not place the comprefs exactly on the nerves, or may not keep up the preffure the proper time. From thofe, and other cir- cumfiances, there may be different accounts, at firft, of the effects of the method I have propofed, but the truth will be fully known at laft; and no plan that might have been followed, could have afcertained it fo foon, and fo unexceptionably, as that I have taken. I already mentioned, that I was advifed to give the patient at the hofpital a grain of opium, with a view to mitigate the finarting after the operation, and promote fleep. This pra&ice, I believe, is not un¬ common ; I have always thought it had a good effect; and therefore am of opinion, it ought to be obferved, previous to every fevere operation. A gentleman of candour and integrity, eminent in his profeflion, and who honours 6 me](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30792897_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
