A practical and familiar treatise on ruptures, containing a ... method of treating these ... afflictions / [William Coles].

  • Coles, William (Journalist)
Date:
[1825?]
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Credit: A practical and familiar treatise on ruptures, containing a ... method of treating these ... afflictions / [William Coles]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tient liked my Truss, he should know where to apply for a new one; and I printed my name, and place of residence in very legible letters, on the leather case of the spring; but in the sequel it will appear I was outwitted. The Patient leaving town in great haste, took the new Truss, which was left for him at the aforesaid Surgeons, and wore the old one away; he returned to town again in the course of a week. I forgot to mention one circumstance that oc- curred previous to the Patient coming into the room. The aforesaid Surgeon took up a common Truss, or what some persons call a german truss, which had been given to me by one of my Patients, who had formerly been under Mr. Egg's care, which, he ob- served, was a single Truss. I told him that the Patient bought it for a double one, and that he had paid three guineas for it. Oh, yes, he added, it is a double Truss. To talk about sin- gle or double Trusses, or the mode of applying them, is one thing; and to know how to purchase them, is another; and to shew that they had learnt the most important branch of the business, a book was present- ed to me by a partner in the concern, which, I believe, contained Mr. Maw's list of prices for Surgeon's Instruments, &c and my attention was immediately directed to the common, or German Truss, which, m
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