An historical essay on the dropsy / By Richard Wilkes ... ; To which is added, an appendix, by N.D. Falck.

  • Richard Wilkes
Date:
1777
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Credit: An historical essay on the dropsy / By Richard Wilkes ... ; To which is added, an appendix, by N.D. Falck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y ' [ 482 ] don; but that will prefen tly difappear, as it diffolves by the mucus within the vaginal tunic, where it will perfectly heal and clofe up the mouths, and reftore the parts to their natural ftate, without any adhefion ; and any extravafation in future will be pre¬ vented, particularly if the plafter is worn for any time after the operation, 294. When the humour following the incifion is of a malignant nature, fo as to indicate the parts within to be in an ulce¬ rated ftate, the inj edition fhould be an aque¬ ous folution of the fublimate mercury, at firft but weak : for example, one grain of fublimate, to two ounces of rofe water.— This injection, however irritating it may feem to be, is nevertherlefs not inflamma¬ tory, but on the contrary will immediately bring on the moft favourable fuppuration of the 'difeafed part ; gradually the injection may be made ftronger, and fome tincture of the bark added to the competition ; and at length fine levigated calomel may be ufed in the injection, inftead of the fublimate. 295. Whilft the cafe is recent, fome fhare of inflammation muft naturally be the con- fequence, A
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