An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry.
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the means by which Admiral Henry, of Rolvenden in Kent, has cured the rheumatism, a tendency to gout, the tic douloureuse, the cramp, and other disorders, and by which a cataract in the eye was removed : with engravings of the instruments made use of in the several operations practised by Admiral Henry. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[6] John Jervis, now Earl of St. Vincent, and as- sisted in capturing the French Islands in 1793 and 1794. It was in the year 1787, however, that he began his operations on his body, in a very slight and trifling manner, not knowing but that they might prove injurious, and his friends being extremely apprehensive that he w’^ould do him- self much mischief. But being of a persevering turn of mind, and finding himself rather bene- fitted than otherwise, he resolved to give the plan a fair trial. II. General View of its Principles. Admiral Henry’s system seems to be founded on the following principles. 1. That the chief cause of disease in the human frame, is defi- ciency of circulation; and that the best means of correcting a tendency to disease is, to pre- vent the nerves and tendons from falling asleep, or getting fixed ; for which purpose they should be kept quite loose by instruments worked amongst them ; and, 2. That by keeping the . blood-vessels, nerves, and tendons in constant action, by means of the bone instruments, the blood is rendered pure, it passes qn.ckly through the blood-vessels, leaving no l‘ur behind it, and thus that ossification, w'hich so often terminates human existence, is prevented. Hence notwith-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22386828_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
