This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... simple spasmodic contraction produced by irritable ulcer, &c. Symptoms. Constipation; small stools; great difficulty in voiding solid motions. Straining and bearing-down efforts. Flatulence. Pain in loins and sacrum. Mucous discharges, sometimes stained with blood. Depression of general health; low ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... simple spasmodic contraction produced by irritable ulcer, &c. Symptoms. Constipation; small stools; great difficulty in voiding solid motions. Straining and bearing-down efforts. Flatulence. Pain in loins and sacrum. Mucous discharges, sometimes stained with blood. Depression of general health; low spirits. If ulceration follow, burning pains; tenderness about sacrum and fundament; discharges of blood and pus; considerable constitutional disturbance. Tkeatment. Dilatation by bougies: an instrument to be passed occasionally for some months after apparent cure. Sponge tents, 426. Slight notching of annular stricture with probe-pointed bistoury, and plugging with oiled lint; subsequently, use of bougies. Suppositories of opium and belladonna, 340. Aperient electuaries, 194. Simple enemata, especially of olive oil, 188. Nourishing food. Glycerine. Cod liver oil. RECTAL ULCERS.--(1) Irritable ulcer of rectum, or fissure of anus. An apparently slight affection, but one which causes great suffering. Ulcer generally superficial; about one-eighth of an inch broad and third of an inch long; seated immediately within anus, and generally towards the coccyx. Most common in women; sometimes produces ovarian pain, irritability of bladder, and great pain during sexual intercourse. Passage of stools irritates the sore; producing spasm of sphincter ani, and acute burning pain which lasts some hours.--To make a thorough examination, chloroform sometimes needed.--To heal the ulcer, constipation to be prevented by mild aperients. Castor oil. Electuary of senna and taraxacum, 194. Dinner pill of pepsine and watery extract of aloes, 155. Belladonna. Cod liver oil. Copaiba. Nourishing food, free from stimulants. Locally, --Mercurial ointment and belladonna, ...
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Add this copy of An Index of Diseases and Their Treatment to cart. $68.53, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
