Practical observations on the treatment of ulcers on the legs, considered as a branch of military surgery. To which are added, some observations on varicose veins, and piles / [Sir Everard Home].

  • Everard Home
Date:
1801
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Credit: Practical observations on the treatment of ulcers on the legs, considered as a branch of military surgery. To which are added, some observations on varicose veins, and piles / [Sir Everard Home]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In this species of ulcer the matter or pus, which is formed in the stage of sup- puration, is white, ‘thick, readily separates from the surface of the ulcer, and when diluted and examined in a microscope, is found to, be made up of small globules swimming in a transparent fluid. The gra- nulations are small, florid, and pointed at the top;.as soon as they have risen to” the level of the surrounding skin, those next the old skin become smooth, and are covered with a thin, semi-transparent film, which afterwards becomes.opake, and forms cuticle. Ay baie gc Yored-] All that is required in the treatment of such an ulcer, is to keep the surface clean, and prevent the natural processes from being interrupted in the course of the cure; this is, in general, best done by the appli- cation of dry lint, to absorb and retain the | matter, which serves asasoft covering for the cranulations that appears necessary to pre- serve them in a healthy state, and a pledget
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