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Title: A general system of surgery in three parts : Containing the doctrine and management, I. Of wounds, fractures, luxations, tumours, and ulcers, of all kinds. II. Of the several operations performed on all parts of the body. III. Of the several bandages applied in all operations and disorders. The whole illustrated with thirty eight copper-plates, exhibiting all the operations, instruments, bandages, and improvements, according to the modern and most approved practice : to which is prefixed an introduction concerning the nature, origin, progress, and improvements of surgery : with such other preliminaries as are necessary to be known by the younger surgeons. Being a work of thirty years experience
Year: 1745 (1740s)
Authors: Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758 Mynde, J
Subjects: Surgery, Operative Surgical instruments and apparatus Bandages and bandaging Surgery General Surgery Bandages
Publisher: London : Printed for W. Innys in Pater-noster Row ... (and four others)
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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; for as the vitiated Parts can never beentirely extirpated, the Surgeon, by attempting the Operation, v/ill only makematters defperate, and haden the Death of his Patient: Therefore the bed Me-thod of treating an incurable Cancer which is not yet broke or ulcerated is (i.)to endeavour, without ufing any violent means, to prevent it from degeneratinginto an Ulcer ; (2.) to relieve and affwage the mod threatening Symptoms. Inthis manner we may prolong the Profpecr. of Death, and many other Mifchiefs,by a palliative Method. XI. If any one is defirous of palliating this dreadful Cafe, he mud look forAfiidance, not from Medicine alone, but principally from a diligent Obferva- 2 In Lib. de Gangrtznd, cap. VII.tion curare (Jiveattingere) melius eft.rant. c Lii.V. Cap. XXVI. Tom. V. h dphorifm. 38. §. VI. quibus occulti Cancri fiunt, eosCurati enim cito pereunt, nan curati verb longius tempus perdu- S.z. d See Memoir es de Madame vs. Moteville, tion yM.B. />■ 130. TAB. XXXI) L. Fitt.a.
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Chap. XVII. t>/^ Cancer. 231 tion of Rules with regard to Diet •, which we have already explained at large indifcourfing of a Scirrhus. (Chap. XVI. §. 6, &V.) The Patient fhould lofeBlood in Spring and Autumn ; but, if of a plethoric_Habit, oftener •, and theBowels fhould be constantly kept open. It would not be amifs -alfo to advife theufe of Goats Milk, unlefs the Patient has a particujar Averfion to it •, you maygive it either alone, or boiled with Vulnerary Herbs or Crayfifh : By this methodyou may very fuccefsfully prevent very dangerous Symptoms. But if notwith-standing all this, violent Pains fucceed, it will be proper to give him a Dofe ofOpium now and then, or to boil Sem. Papav. in his Drink ; or you may make anEmulfion of them. Thefe Medicines, by giving Sleep, are excellent Remediesagainft Pain and Weaknefs. The fame Method is to be obferved with regardto external Treatment, which we prefcribed in the above cited Place. XII. Almoft the fame Method is to be ob

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