Cases of diffuse inflammation of the cellular texture : with the appearances on dissection, and observations / by Andrew Duncan jun.

  • Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832.
Date:
[1824]
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Credit: Cases of diffuse inflammation of the cellular texture : with the appearances on dissection, and observations / by Andrew Duncan jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    they were rather hurtful than beneficial. The arm lad become* more painful, redder and more swollen, and the tenderness extended both down to the lingers which were swollen, and up the arm to the axilla ; she also complained of headache ; her ^spirits were depressed, and her pulse had risen to 1104. The removal of poultices, and the exposure of the arm to free air, quickly gave some relief, hut the application of twenty-five leeches, followed by cold evaporating lotion, produced a more decided (effect. On the 24th, there was more appearance of an ; abscess forming in the fore-arm. On the 25th, the patient stated, that the cold application no longer agreed, and that warmth was more grateful to her sensations. The phlegmon was advancing, and a diffused fulness, without redness, or increased sensibility, occupied the back of the fore-arm. Leeches followed by cataplasms were freely applied on the 25th, 26th and 27th, with much benefit. The phlegmon on the fore-arm de- clined, but another appeared immediately above the lancet-wound, which burst and discharged its con- tents repeatedly by that orifice. After this, the disease gradually declined, and the last symptom to be removed, was rigidity of the biceps muscle. But it deserves to be remarked, that the application of camphorated oil, with the view of removing it, excited a considerable degree of cutaneous inflam- mation, with great swelling and increased sensi- bility.