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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![Trealment.—(Jive the man from 30 to 40 dro})s of Laudanum, put him in a warm batli at a temperature of 100° Fahr., and keep the water at that temperature. When the patient feels faint from the heat of the bath, the swelling is to be pi-essed very gently and steadil} upwards, always following the direction in which it has come down. l^e careful not to use too much force, as by so doing the bowel may be much injured. 'J'he attempt to put it back should not be continued for more than twenty minutes or half an hour. The patient must now be taken out of the bath, wiped dry, and put to bed. If the above treatment has not succeeded, and snow or ice be handy, a bladder or oil-silk bag tilled with either is to be kept for some hours on tlie swelling, and often, under the constant application of cold, the swelling is so reduced that the bowel is easily pushed back. ^Vhen the swelling has been returned, a large })ad of lint should be placed over the spot and kept there by a figure of 8 bandage, passed around the body, above the hips, and round the upper part of the thigi. (see fig. 12, page 25). Trusses are now included in the list of medical stores, and may therefore be applied at once. A truss consists of a pad, and of an elastic band of steel ])assing round the body, do apply it properly the patient must lie on his back, and when the swelling has been returned the pad should be placed over it.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0159.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
