Prolapsus, fistula in ano, and haemorrhoidal affections : their pathology and treatment / by T.J. Ashton.

  • Ashton, T. J. (Thomas John)
Date:
1865
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Credit: Prolapsus, fistula in ano, and haemorrhoidal affections : their pathology and treatment / by T.J. Ashton. 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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    operations the patient suffered severely, and was con- fined to his bed for several weeks. To obviate these objections it is better always to pass a double liga- ture through the base of the tu- mour, and to tie it in two portions. Dr. Bushe* invented an instru- ment which may be useful in some cases. The annexed wood-cut accurately represents the form of the instrument: the needles fit- ting into the needle-receiver vary from half an inch to an inch in length. The following is the manner of using it:—The needle, being armed with a double liga- ture, is made to transfix the tu- mour through its centre, which is then to be grasped by a pair of forceps, and withdrawn from the socket of the holder. All this can be accomplished without en- tangling the needle in the sur- rounding parts; because, the con- vex portion of the needle-carrier being alone opposed to the pro- lapsed parts, it pushes them out of the way without injury, and thus makes room * Op. cii, pp. 188, ]89.