Observations on haemorrhoidal excrescences / [Sir James Earle].

  • James Earle
Date:
1790]
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Credit: Observations on haemorrhoidal excrescences / [Sir James Earle]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    « OBSERVATIONS, &c. In the account of Mr. Pott’s life I have aflerted that he had been remarkably fucceff- ful in the treatment of thofe painful excre- fcences which are produced from within the verge of the anus, and the removal of which when large, firm, and indurated, has generally been thought dangerous and unadvifable. Mr. Pott had entertained a defign of writing on this fubject, to leffen the apprehenfion of pradlitioners, by pointing out in what cafes an operation may be fafely performed. The method which he employed was not new, it has been defcribed and recommended by writers, and has been frequently pradtifed on piles in a fmall and flaccid ftate, but he often afferted he knew no one who would attempt to apply it to the advanced ftate of the com¬ plaint; as far as my experience leads me, I believe his aftertion ftridlly founded, or if it be pradtifed by fon?e, it is by no means A 2 generally
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