A treatise on struma or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil. In which the impropriety of considering it as an hereditary disease is pointed out : more rational causes are assigned and a successful method of treatment is recommended / By Thomas White.

  • White, Thomas (Surgeon)
Date:
1784
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Credit: A treatise on struma or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil. In which the impropriety of considering it as an hereditary disease is pointed out : more rational causes are assigned and a successful method of treatment is recommended / By Thomas White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 9§ ] after taking a little time to explain my in¬ tentions, and the hopes I entertained from the means propofed, they readily con- fented, and I made a fmall opening, both above and below the ProceJJus Olecranon in one arm, and a fmall opening below the Olecranon in the other, was fufficient. The tumour upon the (houlder was pun6iured at the fame time, and all dreffed alike, with the Solution of Myrrh, and the Soap-Ce¬ rate was applied externally. After fome time, the enlargement of the joints di- mifned,and the aftion increafed; I recom¬ mended them to ufe every means that could induce the child to move his arms; this method fucceeded very well; and in the courfe of between three and four months, the fores were perfeftly healed, and the ufes of the joints increafed weekly ; fo that atprefent, in feeding himfelf, there appears fo be an aukwardnefs in the manner, rather than any injury in the joint. Another in- flance was, the fon of a Shoe-Maker ; and I was of opinion with other furgeons, that an amputation would be neceffary, as the ' a difeafe