Descriptive account of a new method of treating old ulcers of the legs / By Thomas Baynton.

  • Baynton, Thomas, 1761-1820.
Date:
1799
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Descriptive account of a new method of treating old ulcers of the legs / By Thomas Baynton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    community have obtained cures by rest dnd long confinement, whilst the laborious poor and the aged have almost always been unable to attain by any means, a restoration of that health which is so peculiarly dear and valua¬ ble to them. \ The defenders of our country from the inevitable accidents attendant upon the discharge of their duties, are particularly liable to this disease ; and it is observed by Mr. Home in his valuable treatise thereon, that, “ when we consider the number of i recruits who are rejected, and the number of well disciplined men who are discharged from the army on account of ulcers on the legs, it must appear to be one of the most important