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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    gate the former by the removal of the latter; I have seen many mstances which confirm this observation, some few of which it may be of utility to detail. CASE XXV. Mr. , age 32.] May 26, 1824.—Had been subject more or less, for years past, to attacks of dysentery and piles; his general health was much impaired, particularly his digestive func- tions; he suffered from pain in the,region of the stomach after his meals, with a feeling of dis- tension, and from acid eructations. His bowels were irregular, sometimes profusely relaxed, at others obstinately costive. He had been for a long period subject to cough, pain in his chest, and diffi- culty of breathing; and, within the last three months, to profuse perspirations, occurring about three or four o'clock in the morning-. His medical friends always considered him to have a disposition to consumption, of which disease his father and two of his brothers died. June 2.—Upon examining the rectum with my finger, I discovered two or three soft tumours of the size of a hazel-nut, just within the sphincter; they were not painful to any material degree. I then introduced a bougie, of the size of number