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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    [ *76 ] tient four and twenty, if not eight and forty hours of excruciating pain. Befides, the opening with the lancet however fmall, is flill larger than that which is made by the fpontaneous burning of the matter. Ac¬ cordingly, we fee that nature fometimes makes way for the matter by five or fix dif¬ ferent openings; and feems thus to point out to us what is moft proper to be done. It appears, therefore, that a fmall opening with a lancet, befide that it will fave the patient feme hours pain, will alfo be more likely to prevent a frefli fuppuration by af¬ fording a more ample vent to the matter. The END.