Practical essays on the management of pregnancy and labour; and on the inflammatory and febrile diseases of lying-in women / By John Clarke.

  • John Clarke
Date:
1793
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    lation, till the cavity would at length not contain a fourth part of the pus which was originally within it. When once the whole has been difcharged, it fhould be kept empty by fqueezing the matter thoroughly out at leaf!: twice in a day. After fome time, the nature of the difcharge changes, from being purulent, to a ferous, and laidly, to a milky appearance, which proves that the parts have re-aflumed an healthy aflion, and then the orifice will clofe, even though we might at- 7 o O tempt to keep it open. I was led to the trial of this manner of ma¬ naging the fuppuration of the breafts, from having feen very troublefome and bad confe- quences from making large openings, and dreffingthem from the bottom, by introducing great quantities of lint. It is true that gra¬ nulations will quickly form, and, in lome cafes, will foon fill up the cavity of the ulcer, but they are always weak, eafily feparable from each other, pale, and apt to bleed pro- fufely on being roughly touched, efpecially if fomentations and poultices have been em¬ ployed ; and the fkin will not form upon them. The quantity of difcharge joined to the irri¬ tation, from a large fore, weakens the ftrength of the woman, fometimes produces hectic fymptoms,