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The art of surgery: in which is laid down such a general idea of the same, as is founded upon reason, confirmed by practice, and farther illustrated with many singular and rare cases medico-chirurgical ... / [Daniel Turner].

  • Daniel Turner
Date:
M.DCC.XXXII
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    of the circumftances, relating to this Matter, I fhall communicate the fame as follows. An elderly Gentlewoman, upwards of Seven- H ty, of a thin, dry Habir, yet all her Life-time ftrong and healthy, being feiz’d with a Fever, but unacquainted with Medicine, intending the fame diould take its Courle, went on in her own Way with Pofiet-Drink, and other fuitable diluting Liquors, for her Third:, but without any Alexi- pharmic Medicine whatfoever, that might have al¬ ibied Nature in promoting a Diapkorefts, or ex¬ pelling the febrile Matter through the Pores. After few Days, the fame being tranflated to one of her Legs, raifed fuddenly a Tumour with In- fiammation, of the phlegmonoide Kind, or there¬ with partaking of the Eryfipelas5 which, in- crealing with great Pain and Throbbing, as if tending to apollemate, die fent for me. The Tumour was feated on the Inlide, a little above the Ankle. Conlidering its Caufe, which was internal, together with the Subjeft, a Perfon fo far advanced in Years, I was apprehenfive of lbme ill Confequence, but endeavour’d what I could to adid: Nature, and forward the Matura¬ tion with the Pultis of Figs, thoroughly boil’d and pulped, and about a third Part of Theriaca. The Day after, The Tumour linking on a fud- den, and the Colour turning livid, 1 perceived a Gangrene $ upon which Account I fcarified all round, encompading that part of the Leg with •the Theriaca by itfelf, as hot as die could differ it, and at Night fent in a Decoflion of the Plants beforemention’d, made in the common Elixivium, with which the Part was well fomented, and drefs’d up as before. The next Day, tho’ the Gangrene feem'd to have made no Advance upwards, yet was the whole D 4 Foot,