An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond].

  • Justamond, J. O. (John Obadiah), -1786.
Date:
1780
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Credit: An account of the methods pursued in the treatment of cancerous and schirrhous disorders, and other indurations ... / [J.O. Justamond]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pelled to ad upon their contents; thefe con¬ tents will be driven back into thofe veffels where the circulation is (till free, and where the conftant motion will foon break down and comminute the grumous clots. This is, perhaps, the reafon why many inflammations, and particularly of the eryfipelatofe kind, which have long refilled all emollient ap¬ plications, will foon yield to that of fpirit of wine and camphire. This is, perhaps, the reafon why the fame application* if applied immediately after a feald, will frequently pre¬ vent the vefication of the {kin, by contrading the veffels and refilling the impulfe of the diftending fluids; and it is probably for the fame reafon that fpirit of wine and camphire, if timely applied to fuperficial whitloes, in- {lead of a bread and milk poultice, as is ufu- ally pradifed, will effedually prevent the formation of matter. I {hall obferve, by the wray, that a bread and milk poultice in thefe cafes feems likely to protrad the dileafe. For when