An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women.

  • White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Date:
1801
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Credit: An inquiry into the nature and cause of that swelling in one or both of the lower extremities which sometimes happens to lying-in women. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    C 12<S ] charge their contents. In some cases the extravasated lymph will be immediately absorbed by the lymphatics in the neigh- bourhood. In others it wdl accumulate, coagulate, and give pain, some days prior to the swelling ot‘ the limb, by se- parating the peritoneum from its con- nections with the adjacent parts, and at last will be absorbed. But in some few cases, it may not be absorbed, but produce an abscess. In a space of time, generally betwixt twenty-four hours and six weeks, the orifices in the ruptured lymphatics will close, and they will be gorged with lymph, which will be impeded in them, but it will continue to flow in those which have not been ruptured, particularly in the deep seated lymphatics which ac- company the Iliac artery, and by anas- tomosing with those which have been ruptured, will prevent any material in- jury for the present, and in time will entirely supply their place. By the ob- struction of the lymph, the groin, la- bium