An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond].

  • John Obadiah Justamond
Date:
1780
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Credit: An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fore, dipt in it fome pieces of lint or rag doub¬ led, and layed them wet all over the edges and indurations. By this contrivance the liquid remained adive upon the parts for a much more confiderable fpace of time, and * the patient had nothing more to do, than with the pencil brufli to foak the lint again as often as it became dry, or as fhe could fnpport the fmart. When it appeared that the liquid produced an alteration in the edges t and indurated parts, I refolved to wafh the ulcers themfelves with it, lowering it for this purpofe with water, and trying the mixture upon my tongue, kill I judged that it was fufficiently mild. When it happened that the edges were inflamed or excoriated by the frequent ufe of this fharp liquid, it was fuf- pended kill they were recovered, which they generally were in four and twenty hours. In this manner I proceeded for about three months, at the expiration of which time the pain of the difeafe was efs, the edges and indurations
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