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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![P1J.E8. A feeling of itcliing, heat, and swelling about the vent, and a straining after stool, as it there were something more to come. Piles may be inside or outside, bleeding or blind. Piles within the vent often bleed ; but those outside give no trouble if kept perfectly clean. The inward ])iles often come down when the bowels are moved, especially if the patient has had a hard motion. Sometimes a pile is caught by the muscle which closes the vent, and, if thus caught, cannot get up again after the action of the bowels. If this occur, a bluish swelling is seen protruding from the vent, which is painful, hot, and tender. This swelling should be at once returned, which is easily done by smearing it with Olive oil, and push- ing it up gently with the forefinger. Treatmenf.—The bowels should l)e kept open by a teaspoonful of Sulphur and treacle given every morning, and the parts must be carefully washed after everv action of the bowels. It the piles can b(* reached, smear over them with the forefinger a little of the ointment of (Pills and Opium. Oleanliness is very important. If the })iles bleed, give an injection of the Witch Hazel lotion (Pecipe No. llj, and administer the AVitch Hazel mixture three times a day. It is an (wcellent reimnlv. V](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0166.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
