A treatise on the injuries, diseases, and the distortions of the spine : founded on an essay to which the Jacksonian Prize, for the year 1826, was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons / by R.A. Stafford.

  • Stafford, R. A.
Date:
1832
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    the 1st of March he was again cupped to sixteen ounces. By these means he was relieved, and there remained but slight uneasiness in the right thigh and knee, with an inability to rest the heel on the ground. On the 9th a moxa was made over the original seat of the disease. At this time he left the hospital by his own wish. The following is the continuation of the case :— The patient has been in this hospital twice before for the same complaints, and left it about the middle of September last, contrary to the wish of his sur- geon : the action of the bladder at that time, al- though much improved, was still imperfect, and he had a slight pain in his thighs ; he then pursued his occupation, that of a corn-porter, when he very soon became worse, and continued getting so until the incontinence was complete, which was the case on his admission ; he had also some difficulty in re- taining his motions, pain on pressure in the lumbar region, and complained of pain along the inner side of the thighs, and great tenderness on pressure. His general health very good, but he does not sleep well.