An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life.

  • William Falconer
Date:
[1789?]
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Credit: An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    .[ +6 ] neglect are more to be apprehended, than if he were advanced in years, as the probability of inflamma- ' tion and ftridture upon the inteftine is greater. The apparent facility and celerity with which this operation is often performed, and its great fim- plicity, may induce fome people to attempt the performance of it, who have had no inftru&ion or experience relative thereto; but it is proper to cau- tion againft fuch attempts, as much nicety of touch, and add refs of management, are often requifite; and if the part be rudely or injudicioufly handled, the hazard of the diforder is much increafed. The parts where fuch an accident is molt liable to hap- pen, are the navel and the groin, but this rule is by no means univerfal. It is farther neceffary to remark, that women, who in country bufincfs are often employed in lift- ing conliderable weights, as of pails of milk, buckets of water, and fuch like, are more liable to ruptures than men; and on that account it is highly necef- fary, that whoever attends women labouring under any acute pains of the abdomen, Ihould make a ftridt enquiry into the circumftances under which fuch pains originated, and particularly if there be any tumour in the groin, belly, or pudenda; and if there be fuch, to be informed of what nature it is, before he goes any farther, or lofes any more of that time, which in fuch cafes is fo very precious. To