Useful hints to those who are afflicted with ruptures : on the nature, cure, and consequences of the disease ; and on the empirical practices of the present day / by T. Sheldrake.
- Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1783-1806
- Date:
- 1804
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Useful hints to those who are afflicted with ruptures : on the nature, cure, and consequences of the disease ; and on the empirical practices of the present day / by T. Sheldrake. 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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![or modification of principle, tliat was new in Brand's trusses: they were in every respect like those that were made hy every person who made trusses at that time, and therefore iiraiKl was non suited, _ Here then is evidence that what W. H T Esn savs un/cnown, and what he modestly brings forward as a new rnif?T of own, which he intends shall ^r^ .. f ''^^'^^^ gonevix], the invariable piact.ce forty years ago, and an application to any person Vho IS acquainted with tlie profession since that time, wHi convince any enquirer that it has been the general practice ever since ; and a singular confirmation of'this fact will be obtained from a quarter where it could be least expected. Mr. TurnbuIl, wJio has attempted to establish a charity 1 cfr^, benefit of the ruptured poor, and himself «u ' ] necessary to mention one improvement, which in the course of my practice, I have been induced to prefer. Those employed, in general, often produce considcr- able h«rA A^ ' ^ 'h't d'^'.nt^'-estedness, u should be thought I bear hard on Mr Turnbull by insinuating that he had regard to Ais o-:^» interest in this undertaking, I beg leave to produce ihe following proof. To Mr. T. Sheldrake, Sir, ^ As several of mj friends have some intention to establish an insn- tution for furnishing the ruptured poor of both sexes with /rutses, we wish to know from the best calculation, what are the proportionate num- ber of individuals ruptured in this kingdom—is it one person in 10 15 or 20 ? r » » Knowing that you have paid some attention to this subject, and which I have read with pleasure, to whom then could I better apply for such information ? I am Sir, Yours, &c. Fen Court. W. Turnbull. P. S. Your early ansiver v/xW. much oblige me. Here then is positive proof of certain facts, viz. that certain friends of this Mr. Turnbull, without knowledge or information on the subject, had some intention of establishing such an institution ; and, that he employed himself in begging what information he could get to enable them to draw up a plan with truth or plausibility enough to set the scheme a going: and it is no unfair inference to suppose, that by such conduct, ihry meant to sernje iiim, and he meant to serve himself. In due lime a society was established, and to a publication called a fe-M General Rules, feV. was prefixed a dedication, of which the following is a pqrt. f A few genera! Rules, &c. Cd edit. p. 19. Society](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21467493_0058.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
