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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    [ *0 ] tc ver,8 or upon any of the viscera it “ generally proves fatal; if upon the “ breasts, the limbs/ or any of the “ external parts, the patient always “ recovers.” t( In una, quantum compcri, jecur erat mollis, “ enormis, et postquam perscissum esf, abscessum con- t( tinere repertum.” Diss. Med. hieing, ele Fell re Puerp. Patr. Kcary. Edin, 1774,/. 8. 3 Dr. Hulme, p. 43, says, <c The liver was of an <£ extraordinary magnitude; in the right lobe was found <f a very extensive abscess.’* 9 Dr, Denman]; says tf she also feels great pains in <( the back, hips and groins, and sometimes in one or <c both legs, which swell, appear inflamed, and are t( exquisitely painful.” A little farther he says, “ In <c some there will be a translation of the disease to the sc extremities, where the part affected will become in- (t flamed, and a large abscess be formed.” In another (s place he says, tf Should abscesses be formed in the <( breasts, they are always much lamented, but there “ is great reason to conclude, that they prevent more f( grievous and dangerous complaints.’{ Dr. Leake says,+ « some of those who survived, u recovered very slowly, and were affected with fC wandering pains, and a paralytic numbness of the + Essay on the Pueiperal Fever, second edit. p. 9.