Lectures upon diseases of the rectum : delivered at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, session 1869-'70 / by W.H. Van Buren.
- William Holme Van Buren
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures upon diseases of the rectum : delivered at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, session 1869-'70 / by W.H. Van Buren. 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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![poultice of flaxseed-meal, or slippery-elm flour, with lead-water or opium in the poultice, if you choose. If you have .an opportunity to treat the case at its commencement, pounded ice is an excellent sed- ative ; it allays pain, and may cause the inflamma- tion to abort. It should be applied in a partially- filled bladder, and moulded to the part. But, later, warm relaxing applications will be found to answer best. Let your patient keep his bed, and lie as much as possible.with the hips elevated. After the oil has acted, give enough precipitated sulphur, with bi-tartrate of potash, or some other saline,* from from day to day, to keep the stools soft and unirri- tating, and to act as a cooling sedative to the sys- tem at large. I have not formed a favorable opinion of the action of leeches upon inflamed haemorrhoids. If the patient has been seen early, these meas- * The following is an excellent formula, employed by my col- league, Prof. G. T. Elliot: ]£. Magnesim sulphat. Magnesiae carb. Sulphuris precipitati. Sacchari lactis, aa § ss. Pulv. anisi, 3 ij. Misce bene. S. One or two teaspoonfuls, mixed in water, at bedtime.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22359588_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
