Three chirurgical dissertations / the first by Mr. Chirac ... ; in which I. The different natures of wounds are considered ... ; the other two by Mr. Fizes ... ; in which, I. The doctrine of suppurations, and of ulcers, is set in a clear and rational light ... ; the whole translated from the originals.

  • Pierre Chirac
Date:
1750
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Credit: Three chirurgical dissertations / the first by Mr. Chirac ... ; in which I. The different natures of wounds are considered ... ; the other two by Mr. Fizes ... ; in which, I. The doctrine of suppurations, and of ulcers, is set in a clear and rational light ... ; the whole translated from the originals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dull paih indicates, that only the mufcular parts are affected. Ass for the various changes which happen in wounds, we may know. the danger, or advantage of them, by the follow- ing figns. When a wound becomes ftill more and more painful and hot, itisa fign, that its dips are ready to fuppurate ; for this heat and pain are produced by no other caufe, than the - fermentative corruption of the blood, lddged in the veflels, diftributed through the lips of the tvound. . But if the pain augments ‘to fuch a degree, as to become as intenfe as that aceom: panying burns, itis a fign, that tHe fermenta® tion of the blood remaining in the wound, is attived atits higheft degree, and has fo difen- gaged the faline particles, that the veffels are cotroded; and,.asit-were, burned by them; in confegence of which, they become incapable of performing»: their, functions; ahd are fiezed Witha mortification, which isa fign, that the lips of the wound will foon be afeted with a Bangrene ; of the prefence of which we may ‘be. fiill ‘more ‘certain, when the lips. of the §woind become cold; for this fymptom ‘can- not happen, till the fermentation of the blood ts ablolutely fupprefled, and the afBux of the | : ar anima]