Observations on the treatment of certain severe forms of hemorrhoidal excrescence / Illustrated with cases.

  • Kirby, John
Date:
1817
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Credit: Observations on the treatment of certain severe forms of hemorrhoidal excrescence / Illustrated with cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    so It cannot have escaped the reader’s no¬ tice* that these cases were attended by in¬ ternal hemorrhoids and prolapsus ani, with which the operation did not immediately interfere; that these tumors ultimately disappeared* and the prolapsus ani never returned; consequently there is reason to conclude, that in similar cases the removal of the external parts alone will be sufficient to remove the internal disease* and the in¬ conveniences which are its attendants. V, . < j V-'- I ■ - - •• - < ; 1 Kj 0 £ > Mr. Hey conceives the operation to pro¬ duce its effect* by bringing about a more firm adhesion among the parts* and excit¬ ing the sphincter ani to its proper action; and that by these means a permanent and effectual support is afforded to the lower part of the rectum. How far the proper action of the sphincter ani is increased it is not easy to determine. I rather feel dis¬ posed to explain the matter by attributing
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