An essay on the cure of ulcerated legs, without rest, exemplified by a varitey of cases, in which laborious exercise was used during the cures / [William Rowley].

William Rowley

Date:: 1771

Credit: An essay on the cure of ulcerated legs, without rest, exemplified by a varitey of cases, in which laborious exercise was used during the cures / [William Rowley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$it impofiible for her to be cured without Reft. This opinion was given fome months before fhe applied to me, and for want of proper abidance, the wound bad been gra¬ dually enlarging, both in circumference and depth. 1 fir ft began with common dreftings, and made ufe of the precipitate digeftive, but without any fuccefs. Upon this ! gave the Mftre, With the Volatile, in large doles, and fhe being of a fanguine habit, ! bled her, and gradually increafed the dole of Nitre to one dram, four times in the day, and it proved fuccefsful; the foul appearance at the bottom was chang¬ ed, and (hewed a good difpofition to in- carn. By a continuance of this method, and Ample dreftings, in ten weeks, the cure was effected; tho’, during the whole cure, I ordered her to ufe free exercife ; and after the cicatrifation, I directed her to continue the medicines for one month. Observation XV. ]\/f R. School mafter, Theobald’s i. v Row, made application to me for the cure of an old callous Ulcer, which had F been$