An account and method of cure of the bronchocele, or, Derby-neck : with some reasons attempted, for considering the bronchocele and dropsy of the ovarium, as kindred diseases, and a plate accurately engraved, representing the figure of the disease / by Thomas Prosser.

  • Prosser, Thomas (Civil engineer)
Date:
1782
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account and method of cure of the bronchocele, or, Derby-neck : with some reasons attempted, for considering the bronchocele and dropsy of the ovarium, as kindred diseases, and a plate accurately engraved, representing the figure of the disease / by Thomas Prosser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ( 33 ) iii the country whether it is or is not an imperfection to be without this difeafe,. and in Tirol they alledge that it pafles for an ornament. In places . where it is common to every body, the men and women difpute about beauty, according to the regularity and advanta- geous difpofition of the fwellings which they carry. The Tirolefe indeed treat with the opprobious appellation of crane-neck, thofe of their neighbours and even ftrangers who have not this kind of fwelling. An Englishman tra- velling in this country attracted the notice of every body by his figure, but he feemed to want one great requifitc to beauty, what a handfome man! (fay they) if he had but a fulnefs of the neck.” Monfieur Girard\ fpeaking of the fituation of the dif- eafe, and the dangers of attempting to extirpate it, fays, * “ the putent entr’ eux de beaute, fuivant la difpofition plus ou moins reguliere Sc avantageufe du Goitre qu’ils portent. Les Tiroliens traitent de Cols de Grue ceux de leurs voifins, de meme que les etrangers qui n’ont point de G. itre. Un Anglois, voyageant dans ces contrees attira tous les regards par fa figure ; mais on trouvoit qu’il lui manquoit un grand agrement: le belle homme, difoit on, s’il avoit un goitre.” Girard, Traite des Loupes, p. 409. * “ Les parties ques cecte humeur affedte, font entrelacees d’une quantite im- menfe de vaifieaux fanguins. L’ouverture, principalement de l’artere laryngee fuperieure, premiere branche de la carotide externe (artere fort grofie, a propor- tion du petit volume de la glande thyro'ide, a la quelle elle va fe rendre,) jetteroit dans un peril eminent de mort, vu qu’il eft ici tres—difficile de lier les vaiffeaux, ou defaire de fortes compreffions pour appuyer l’adion de l’agaric ou d’un cauf- tique.” Girard du Goitre, p. 433.