On the operation for strangulated hernia / by Henry Hancock.

  • Henry Hancock
Date:
1850
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    amel and colocynth. The sulphate of magnesia may be i en afterwards, in the dose of two drachms or one ohm in the infusion of roses. We must repeat these similar means, and persist in their employment until the al is completely unloaded.” He adds, “ The notion, that .gatives are capable of exciting the mucous membrane ■ the alimentary passages, and thus of producing and rravating inflammation of the stomach and bowels, and prohibition of their employment on this account both or the operation for strangulated hernia, and in many 1 er cases, is in my opinion entirely groundless, and practical precepts founded on this theoretical and L.ginary foundation have always appeared to me a i lal triumph of doctrine over the most unequivocal i lit of experience, and the plainest dictates of common sse.# ' his is certainly a very strong and decided opinion, and i mating from so deservedly high an authority is capable doing incalculable mischief if wrong, as it is of leading Lgood if correct. From the results of cases recorded !ch I have here given from the experience of other .geons of equal eminence and experience with Mr. ^vrence, such as Dupuytren, Guthrie, and others, as ' 1 as from what I have myself observed, I am entirely * *osed to the practice here inculcated. I believe that the 1 • llts of experience as well as the plainest dictates of ' unon sense, so far from being triumphed over by ( trine, go hand in hand with and support it, and that injurious effects of purgative medicines, both after the 1 nation for strangulated hernia and in many other es, instead of being “ either theoretical or imaginary,” f fully demonstrable by the increased urgency of the * r- 323. t Table 3.
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