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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![¢ or relaxed bowels, with occasional discharges of blood and slime in his motions, which were never figured; had frequent pain in his back and loins, and cramps in the legs and thighs, particularly at night. In this case, I for some time introduced urethra bougies, and paid strict attention to the general health; yet the symptoms were not alto- gether removed, though certainly diminished. At the expiration of six weeks, I examined the rectum, and discovered a stricture eight inches up, through which number two passed with dif- ficulty and pain. Upon this I discontinued the introduction of the urethra bougie, and, at inter- vals of four days apart, I continued to pass the rectum bougie, increasing the size every fourth or eighth day,for about six weeks, when the discharge had subsided, nor had the patient any symptoms of irritation of the urinary organs; his general health was alsomended. By a prosecution of the same plans for the space of three months more, I was able to use the largest sized bougie. His health was then re-established, and I took my leave. CASE II. Mr. ,age 30.] Nov. 23, 1822.—Complained of pain in the occiput; in the region of the colon,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30357494_0091.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
