Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano / [Thomas Copeland].

  • Thomas Copeland
Date:
1814
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Credit: Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano / [Thomas Copeland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' + CASES OF INDURATED FACES. 183 the finger, the gut was found to be loaded with * ‘adivamed feces; which were with great difficulty removed by the scoop, whieh is used in lithotomy, and the finger. When this was done, a hard round body was discovered higher up in the gut. After many attempts, a large biliary calculus was brought away with the same scoop, and more of the alvine concretion, which was lodged above the stone. She took some purgative medi- cine, and was soon relieved of her com- plaints. * There are many cases of this disease recorded in books ; particularly by Mr. Hey, by Mr. White, and by Dr. Fothergill: Mr. Hey has quoted Dr. Fother- gill’s Paper in the Medical Observations; but the reader is disappointed when he refers to it; for it is in - the fourth volume, and not the third, as Mr. Hey has quoted. FINIS. gt A _ Printed by Sarita and Davy, 17, Queen Street, Seven Dials.