An introduction to the theory and practice of surgery / by William Dease, Surgeon to the United Hospitals of St. Nicholas, and St. Catherine, at Dublin.

William Dease

Date:: MDCCLXXX. [1780]

Credit: An introduction to the theory and practice of surgery / by William Dease, Surgeon to the United Hospitals of St. Nicholas, and St. Catherine, at Dublin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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$tous, and feemed as if it was a purulent one, wathout any particular collection. January the 9th^ As he feemed pad hopes of recovery, i gave him no more bark or medicine, as he loathed them, he having taken a pound and a half of bark in the courfe of his illnefs, and fpirit of vitriol tenuis in all his drink, and eat China oranges every day : Port whey, broth, and a bit of chop, was what he moftly ufed. The i/\\:h^ a purging came on him : a fpoonful of a mixture with confedt. cardiac, and bol. gal], was given after every ftooL The 16th, he did not rave fo much, nor was the difcharge from the leg fo great. The ends of the tibia were at a diftance, and quite carious, and appeared as a bone ma- cerated in fpirit of fea-falt. He had mortified efchars on his rump, and on his back, where he was bliflered : he llept between whiles, but was uneafy. All along, he was well fup- ported with broth, meat, wine, and wine- whey; a paregoric when neceffary. He fhivered frequently, and had a conftant purg- ing, and died feemingly exhaufted, January the 2oth. Although this man was Itrong, able, and feeming healthy, I obferved he had a fcor-$