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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    [ 02 ] “ ol the tube is contracted, or per* “ haps totally closed by the cicatrix, “ the lymph is retained in the lympha- “ tic vessels, and glands, of the limb, “ and labium pudendi, and distends “ them to such a degree, and so sud- “ denlv, as to occasion great pain and “ swelling, which always begin in that “ part, next to which the obstruction “ is formed; and when the obstruction “ is in part or wholly removed, or the “ lymph has found a fresh passage, the “ part next to it is consequently first “ relieved.” Mr. Tryc says page 3 8 of his Essay, “ Now in the first place, I believe no “ experiment has shewn that the lym- “ phatics are ruptured in the living “ body by any other accidents, than “ those which destroy aud tear to “ pieces the vessels in general of a given “ part.” To this I answer, that some experiments made by Mr. Astley Cooper, do