A practical essay on stricture of the rectum ... showing the connexion ... with irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs and of the uterus, with piles, fistula in ano, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon].
- Salmon, Frederick, 1796-1868.
- Date:
- 1828
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical essay on stricture of the rectum ... showing the connexion ... with irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs and of the uterus, with piles, fistula in ano, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![persisted in the use of the enema, which rendered it unnecessary to take castor oil more frequently than once or twice a week. In the latter part of March, 1827, she was delivered of a living child. Oct. 1827.—She informed me, that she had ex- perienced so much comfort from the use of the enema, that she continued to use it occasionally ; that her general health was in a far better state than formerly, and that she now never suffers from piles. CASE XIV. Mrs. , age 38.] April 21, 1827.—The first symptom, which she remembered, of her present affliction occurred six years since. From the earliest period of her recollection she had been subject to irregular bowels, which she usually alleviated by taking strong purgatives. About four years ago, when straining to relieve herself, a great deal of blood came away ; at the time she thought she felt something give way, and for months after she had a discharge from the anus. For the last three years, she had experienced severe pain in voiding her motions, which were passed after repeated attempts and violent strain- ing. She had almost constant pain in her back](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30357494_0137.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
