A dictionary of practical surgery: containing a complete exhibition of the present state of the principles and practice of surgery, collected from the best and most original sources of information, and illustrated by critical remarks (Volume 2).

  • Samuel Cooper
Date:
1810
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    andjudick>U9. The former mosCproper- ly points out a defect in the secretion of the kidneys; the latter an inability of ex- pelling the urine when secreted. {Hey.) The first disease is not very common, is named ischuria rcnalis, or suppression of urine, and belongs to the province of KNE the physician; the second is an exceed ingly frequent disorder, is named ischu- ria vesicalis, or retention oj urine, and its treatment is altogether surgical. Every thing relative to it will be found in the articles Catheter, and Urine, Re tention of. Joints, diseases of. sec Am- culation. JUGULAR VEIN, how to bleed in. See Bleeding. K K, .A LI JERATUM —R. Kali praepa- rati^ss. Aq. distillate 3V. Amnion, pre- paratae 3J. Dissolve the kali in a water bath; add the ammonia; and, when the effervescence has ceased, let the fluid crystallize. Two drams are given as ali- thontriptic, in a pint of distilled water, twice a day, at St Bartholomew's Hos- pital. (Pharmacopeia Chirurg.) KALI ARSENICATUM.—R. Ar- senica albi, Nitri purif, sing. j?]. Cru- cibulo amplo igne candenti injice ni- trum, et liquefacto adde gradatim ar- senicum in frustulis donee vapores ni- trosi oriri cessaverint. Solve materiam in aquae distillate libris quatuor, et post Moncam evaporationem sepone ut fiant crystalli. These crystals may be given in the dose of one-tenth of agrain, thrice aday. (Pharm. Sancti Bart hoi. 1799.) Justa- mond strongly recommended the inter- nal exhibition of arsenic in cases of cancer. See Cancer. KALI PURUM—This is one of the most useful caustics for destroying fun- guses, making issues, in cases of dis- eased vertebrae, white swellings, &c; and, it is recommended to be used in a particular manner, by Mr. Whately, for the cure of strictures in the urethra. When surgeons prefer opening buboes, or any other abscesses, with caustic. the kali purum is very commonly em- ployed. When surgeons used to cure hydroceles, by destroying a part of the scrotum and tunica vaginalis with tic, the kali purum, either alone, or mix- ed with quicklime, was made use of. (See particularly Vertebra- of Diseased; Urethra, Strictures, &c) KALI SULPHURATUM. Two drams of this, dissolved in a pint of lime, or distilled water, make an excel- lent lotion for the cure of the tinea cap- itis. Many other cutaneous affections yield, also, to the same remedy. When arsenic has been swallowed as a poison, it is best to give first, twenty grains of zincum vitriolatum, as an emetic die quickest in its operation; and, after keeping up the vomiting by drinking warm water, and, what is better, sweet oil, it is recommended to make the pa- tient drink as much as possible of a 80 lution of the kali sulphur atom, the sul phur of which is known to blunt the ac- tivity of the mineral. KNEE, DISEASES OF. See Arti- culation. KNEE-CAP, its effects in relieving the inconveniences resulting from car- tilaginous substances in the kne< Articulation.