The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![across, not lengthways; the poultice should be con- tinued for two or three days afterwards, and should be followed by Boric lint and water dressing or Carbolic-acid lotion. The bowels must be kept open with occasional purgatives, and after the bubo has burst, or been opened, you should help on the man’s strength by good food and a small quantity of wine, beer, or grog. RUPTURE. This is a common affection among sailors, on account of the violent exertions undergone in hauling at ropes, reefing, &c. A swelling, at first small, is seen in the groin, which disappears when the man lies down, and returns wlien he stands u]) or coughs; there is little })ain, but a feeling of dragging at the lower part of the body. If neglected, the swelling is liable to be nipped by the walls of the passage through which it has come. The channel of the bowel is then closed, the swelling cannot be pushed back into the belly, and is then said to be strangulated. In such a case the swellinof in the groin is elastic, and more or less painful to the touch. The patient at first has pain in the bowels, which are obstinately confined ; after a short time he vomits, and eventually brings up excrement, when his condition is, of course, very dangerous.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0158.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
