Observations on some of the principal diseases of the rectum and anus; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and the fistula in ano / [Thomas Copeland].

  • Copeland, Thomas, 1781-1855
Date:
1810
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Credit: Observations on some of the principal diseases of the rectum and anus; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and the fistula in ano / [Thomas Copeland]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other more chronic disorders of the bowels* which resist every medical treatment* and are finally destructive* have their origin in organic obstruction of the canal of the large intestines. This obstruction is* very frequently* so near to the anus* as to be within the reach of surgical aid* if the cause of the complaint were known. Stric- ture of the rectum* though* I believe* by no means an uncommon disease* does not usually enter into the contemplation of a practitioner* who is considering the cause of obstinately constipated bowels : violent cathartics are given* these only render the disease worse; at last the patient is de- stroyed* and the dissection proves that the k retrecissement etoit si considerable q’on pent apeine introduire l’extremite du petit doigt dans la cavite de 1’intestin. En l’examinant a l’exterieur* il sembloit avoir ete etrangle par une ligature avec un fil* si ce n’est q’il n’y avoit ni pli ni froncement*” &c. There are two or three other similar cases recorded in Mons. Hevin’s Memoir sur la Gastrotomie.