A practical essay on stricture of the rectum; illustrated by cases, showing the connection of that disease with prolapsus of the rectum, irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs, and of the uterus, fistula, &c.; to which is now added, some practical observations on piles, and the haemorrhoidal excrescence / by Frederick Salmon.

  • Salmon, Frederick, 1796-1868.
Date:
1829
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Credit: A practical essay on stricture of the rectum; illustrated by cases, showing the connection of that disease with prolapsus of the rectum, irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs, and of the uterus, fistula, &c.; to which is now added, some practical observations on piles, and the haemorrhoidal excrescence / by Frederick Salmon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    treatment after the removal of the tumours is like- wise protracted; and^ lastly, it is, I think, inappli- cable where there is any material distension of the haemorrhoidal veins. Now the removal of the excrescence by excision is more expeditious, it is more complete, the pain is less, as is the danger either of local inflammation or of constitutional disturbance, the parts heal more kindly, and finally, when we are compelled to divide the enlarged haemorrhoidal veins, the pro- bable danger from haemorrhage is not by any means so great as that which is to be apprehended from the constitutional and local disturbance which almost invariably follows the including of them in a ligature. The application of ligatures to veins is, I think, one of the most uncertain operations in surgery. I have so often seen fatal results follow their use, that I confess I am not a little prejudiced against the operation; and I believe that the failure of the removal of the hcemorrhoidal excrescence by the ligature is often referable to the injudicious manner in ivhich the ligature is placed upon the enlarged haemorrhoidal veins, A reasonable objection may be advanced against the operation by excision, in the division of the mucous membrane of the part; but I would fear- lessly ask. Is the danger of inflammation from this p 2
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