Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon.

  • Mawhinney, W.
Date:
[between 1849 and 1854?]
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Credit: Anatomical and physiological description of the late Signor Sarti's new anatomical model, : together with the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the diseases of the principal organs. / By W. Mawhinney, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MUMPS. INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS. USe u0t !UCh s?bstances; and it is therefore a sinful abuse of rnoney, whujh might be applied to a higher, a nobler, and better purpose In addition to this, it so affects the breath as to render the slave of such a vice a nuisance to society. cn a MUMPS. The salivary glands are sometimes inflamed ; the disease is called Mumpa. It is usually caused by cold. It first commencesTo the carotid and afterwards extends to the submaxiiiary and sublingual glands. During such as nafnwhioh do'SeT dhaS tbfordinfI symptoms of inflammation! buch as pain which descends down the neck and upwards to the head and face, mcreased heat, redness, and swelling which greatly inter™! the motion of the jaw in speaking or masticating the food. The disease is apt to change from one place to another. It may leave the salivas XX and attack the mammae m the female, or the testicle in the male -^ome- times it affects the brain. On this account it is dangerous to apply cold as this might induce such a transition. 5 PP y ’ aS The treatment consists in keeping the part warm by the application of flannel, avoiding all stimulating food and drink, and the exhibition of some mild aperient medicine, such as a dose of castor oil, say half an ounce or three grains of calomel combined with twenty grains of powdered ialan In severe cases it may be necessary to apply a few leeches,TruT^ skfn t°Jpnfthe a?6Ct®d part Wlth » penci1 of caustic, or with a strong solution T ^ °UDC,e °f distiUed water‘ The d^ase usually occurs m children from seven to fourteen years of age. INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS, OR QUINSEY. There is another disease which, from the locality of the affection I shall now describe. It is called Tonsilitis. On examining the mouth there may be several parts found inflamed, such as the uvula, soft palate, &c. When the tonsils are inflamed, they appear like large red balls, and are called in common language the almonds of the ears. The pain which is always felt is much increased in swallowing, and even more so in swallowing the tW? t S? ld food.5 sPeech is greatly impeded. If the case is severe there will be fever, with the ordinary symptoms of inflammation ; but the prominent symptom is the great difficulty in swallowing. In this disease general bleeding is selaom necessary; but leeches ought to be applied below the jaw, and the bleeding kept up for some time by fomentations or poultices. Blisters cannot be applied in the acute stage ; they can never be used, unless the debility is such as forbids the use of leeches, or when they have been used as far as is advisable. Great benefit is generally derived rom scarifying the tonsils, and frequently an emetic is fountf useful. aug 6Stuften 61VJ. grfat reiief> .esPecially nitric acid gargle. This as we as the preceding disease, being of an active inflammatory nature, must as soon as possible be put under the care of a medical man. THE THYROID BODY, This peculiarly constructed body is situated in front of the windpipe a httle be ow the prominence called the apple of Adam. It is called bylome rmirted M th>r0K g ard ’i hUA aSc]t haS U° excretory duct, it does not seem fnr thpdf 4 •the na?e of ? and* ,Some have supposed it to be a safety valve for the brain , ana from the number of large vessels that enter into it, it may W.p!UCh a PUrp°u-’ f Pec.,aPy in infancy, when the brain and its mem. branes are more subject to inflammation than in after life. The use how-