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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    when he sent for me in consequence of the bougie having been drawn up so high in the rectum, that he could not extract it. Some time elapsed before I arrived; in the interim he had voided the instru- ment rolled up like a ball. It gave him most acute pain in passing the sphincter, but he suffered no other inconvenience from the accident. Nov. 1826.—This patient said he had not enjoyed such health these ten years; that he never took any physic, not requiring it; he occasionally suf- fered from giddiness, but to nothing like the extent he did prior to seeing me. He passed a bougie himself every month or six weeks. REMARK. This case particularly evinces the irritation which may ensue from the too frequent introduction of the bougie. CASE XXXVIII. , Esq., age 58.] Nov. 7, 1824.—Com- plained of pain in the head, with giddiness and loss of sight; within the last six months he had fallen down insensible several times. His general health was likewise impaired, he suffered from indigestion;