The ship and shore physician and surgeon / by William M. Cornell.

  • Cornell, William Mason, 1802-1895.
Date:
1858
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Credit: The ship and shore physician and surgeon / by William M. Cornell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The only remedy is the introduction and wearing of a bougie, and it may be necessary to smear the bougie with caustic ointment. Phymosis. This is such a contraction of the skin around the head of the penis that it cannot be drawn back. In this case, warm soap and water should often be injected be- tween the skin and head of the penis, to allay the in- flammation and cleanse it. Warm flaxseed poultices and leeches may be applied, and a dose of cream of tartar taken. It is sometimes necessary to divide the stricture with the curved scissors, and to wash the wound freely and poultice it. Paraphymosis. This is the reverse of the former; the skin is so con- tracted that it will not cover the head of the penis. The same treatment as in phymosis should be employed to reduce the inflammation. Cold water, or ice and sugar of lead water, in the strength of fifteen grains of the sugar of lead to an ounce of water. It may be necessary to divide the skin on each side with a lancet. Swelled Testicle. In most cases this disease is induced by the misman- agement of the clapp, and is often occasioned by cold. Treatment. — The first thing to be done is for the