Observations on the method of curing the hydrocele by means of a seton.
- John Howard
- Date:
- 1783
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the method of curing the hydrocele by means of a seton. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![[ 5° ] when they are not, notwithftanding all that has been faid againft poultices, they are certainly more eafy and comfortable, than any other kind of application, and fhould, therefore be preferred. It has been a com- mon pra&ice, not to employ them, till fome degree of inflammation is a&ually come on; perhaps not till twenty-four hours, or more, have elapfed from the operation ; I fuppofe, under the falfe no- tion, that without fuch method of pro- ceeding the fymptoms may not be fufficient for the purpofe of adhefion ; but, in mod cafes, in which they become neceflary, I am of opinion, they fhould be ufed as foon after the introdu&ion of the Seton as poflible. I have been, for many years, convinced, that the Seton might be fo managed as to become itfelf, the regulator of that inflammation, which it is intended to produce; and that, merely by increafing or diminifhing the number of threads, it might be adapted to every poflible tern- » perature^](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21523150_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
