Descriptive account of a new method of treating old ulcers of the legs / By Thomas Baynton.

  • Thomas Baynton
Date:
1799
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Credit: Descriptive account of a new method of treating old ulcers of the legs / By Thomas Baynton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    , > and every other remedy I was acquainted with that authors had recommended, both alone and conjoined with the most approved internal medicines, I determined on endea¬ vouring to bring the edges of thofe ulcers which might in future he placed under my carey nearer together, by means of flips of adhefive plafter; having frequently had occasion to observe that the probability of an ulcer continuing sound depended much on the size of the cicatrix which remained after the cure appeared to be accomplished : and believing also that the natural shield of the part, the true skin, afforded a much more substantial support and defence, as well as a better covering, than the frail one supplied by nature in the common methods of cure, I
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