Remarks on the disease, commonly called a fistula in ano / [Percivall Pott].

  • Percivall Pott
Date:
1767
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Credit: Remarks on the disease, commonly called a fistula in ano / [Percivall Pott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Th is is the language of all writers, as I have already obferved : and thus, all thefe cafes are deemed fiftulous, when hardly any of them ever are fo j and none of them ne- eeflarily. They are ftill mere abfcefles, which have burfl without the help of art; and, if taken proper and timely care of, will require no fuch treatment, as a true fiftula may pofiibly hand in need of. The moft frequent of all, are what arc called the blind, external; and the com¬ plete. The method, whereby each of thefe flates may be known, is, by intro¬ ducing a probe into the finus by the orifice in the fkin, while the fore-finger is within the redtum: this will give the examiner an opportunity of knowing exadtly the true hate of the cafe, with all its circumftan- ces. Whether the cafe be what is called a complete fiftula, or not j that is, whether there be an opening in the fkin only, or one there, and another in the inteftine, the appearance to the eye is much the fame. Upon difcharge of the matter, the exter¬ nal fwelling fubfides, and the inflamed co¬ lor
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