Practical observations on the remedial properties of Simaba cedron, and on its employment as a substitute for quinine / by Samuel S. Purple.

  • Purple, Samuel S. (Samuel Smith), 1822-1900.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Practical observations on the remedial properties of Simaba cedron, and on its employment as a substitute for quinine / by Samuel S. Purple. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    believed that it will be found not difficult to obtain a supply, in quantities sufficient to afford it at a much less price than quinine. Art. III. Amputai ver Extremities, at Bellevue Hos- pital. By John one of the Surgeons of Bellevue Hospital. Messrs. Editors ring cases of amputation were performed, at Bel d, during the last three years. Some of them are id have a value in themselves; but, independent! sideration, I wish to publish them, as a small to statistical knowledge, and aid in solving tb low far amputation is to be recommended as i re ? A few years ag i in your Journal some statis- tics on amputatio em these cases from Bellevue Hospital can appi added. Case 1.—Amp ',igk. General Ostitis, etc.—A female, aged 26 3 ered from a diseased knee for more than a year. irged, as in scrofulous disease. The condydes ap] used in size, and opposite to the joint there w ling, as if pus was enclosed in the joint. Since ement of the disease, the knee has been very pai 1 her sufferings are excruciat- ing. The femur >e enlarged to a considerable extent above the ad lost much flesh, and had a general cachectic In consultatior led that the thigh should be amputated, wind 1 November 22d, 1851. To Drs. Purple a July 20th, 1854. I.—AMPUTATION OF THIGH. John 0. Stone, 30 Waverly Place.