An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life / By William Falconer.

  • William Falconer
Date:
1789
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Credit: An essay on the preservation of the health of persons employed in agriculture : and on the cure of the diseases incident to that way of life / By William Falconer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    negledt are more to be apprehended, than if he were advanced in years, as the probability of inflamma¬ tion and ftridlure upon the inteftine is greater. The apparent facility and celerity with which this operation is often performed, and its great fim- plicity, may induce feme people to attempt the performance of it, who have had no inftrudtion or experience relative thereto; but it is proper to cau¬ tion againft fuch attempts, as much nicety of touch, and addrefs of management, are often requifite; and if the part be rudely or injudicioufly handled, the hazard of the diforder is much increafed. The parts where fuch an accident is moil liable to hap¬ pen, are the navel and the groin, but this rule is by no means univerfaL It is farther neceflary to remark, that women, who in country buhnefs are often employed in lift¬ ing confiderable weights, as of pails of milk, buckets of water, and fuch like, are more liable to ruptures than men; and on that account it is highly necef- fary, that whoever attends women labouring under any acute pains of the abdomen, fhould make a ftridb enquiry into the circumftances under which fuch pains originated, and particularly if there be any tumour in the groin, belly, or pudenda; and if there be fuch, to be informed of what nature it is, before he goes any farther, or lofes any more of that time, which in fuch cafes is fo very precious. To