A few general rules and instructions ... to be attended to by those ... who are afflicted with ruptures / [William Turnbull].

  • Turnbull, William, active 1779-1806
Date:
1799
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A few general rules and instructions ... to be attended to by those ... who are afflicted with ruptures / [William Turnbull]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ $0 ] It would be a criminal departure from my original intention, were I to conceal the melancholy confequences that generally cnfue from totally neglc£ling or treating this malady with inattention. To elucidate this, I will flate, however painful to my feelings, the common effedls of a Jirangu- lated hernia^ which, in many cafes, might have been prevented, had the dlfeafe been properly treated on its original appear- ance. This is a ftate of the diforder which is created by a ftrong compreffion of the parts through which the inteftines pafs, and which will not permit them to defeend or return. The fymptoms are violent pains in the part where the inteftine becomes flrangulated; and, as the patient cannot void, he foon feels a naufea, which is fucceeded by vomitings of thick faJiva. In a fliort time, the excrements are difehar- ged