An inquiry into the action of mercury on the living body / by Joseph Swan.
- Joseph Swan
- Date:
- 1822
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An inquiry into the action of mercury on the living body / by Joseph Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![C3 memories, than by. dVy, dull directions. Three or four year* feaci. a cart-mare while m the crew-yard, was wounded, nobody knew how, in the thick part of the shoulder. The wound was sli«rhr|v ex- amined, it was oiled and tented, and tented and oiled while the owner was tired, as well he might, the discharge from the part con- tinuing, even, for upwards of twelve months. The mare was now sold by auction, for a mere song, as,an incurable. The new 0wn« determined on a further trial; the wound being probed, a body was telt, deeply-seated, which was, at first, supposed to be a niece of bone : but on cutting further down, and introducing a pair of for ceps, the tip-end of a beast's horn was drawn forth ; and this had been the cause of all the mischief. Nature was afterwards assis- ted by the frequent use of fomentations (hot water alone) and the mare was soon perfectly sound. She was re-sold for six times the price before given for her. Now, had this piece of horn been pro- perly removed at the first dressing, above a year's labour mWt Have been saved, and money into the bargain. Punctured wounds are eft en much more painful and more tediong Jhan even some very considerable flesh wounds ; and in these case, % first grand object of the farrier is, if possible, to beget in his employer that useful art.cle called patience, For, where nature ha received an injury and her simple yet beautiful arrangements have been interfered with, she must and will have time to re establish order, in spite of all our boasted pastes, and powders, and p] -sters jritfa a long string ot et ceteras. If we could but persuade rWrX that means, apparently simple, often produce the greatest relief the practice would often be more pleasant than it is at present! gvery man, almost pretends to know something about hor es and their diseases; and, while we are deriving the greatest possS aTdf si? fiT80 rt{^>M% - a^oulticn l y- are dissatisfied unless we are clattiug about with oils to stoo a gangrene compound mixtures, and all that. Where employers «ti have this, that, or other, whether really requisite or not, know of no way of getting rid of the difficulty than by « holding he caT iIdnJh dcV,l!j flV# ^dulge their fancies_wheng no har a is done by such compliance. When a nerve becomes wounded, and yet, is not actually div^ frequently follow : the symptom called « locked-jW is repeatedly tlntT \IDJUrieS' °f thU atUre ? and' terribleS torn does make its appearance, but little hope can be entertained tnat a nerve has been pricked or otherwise wounded the actual teZZ£trVC'hyt)l< kniV'0U,d be m°re -InJat d t removethe distressing symptoms than any other means we are at KrfSitedsate- 0iu°T^the^ar,iertheTOtioTci ^mm$$$?: ™tbe](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21457712_0069.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
