Pathological and surgical observations : including a short course of lectures delivered at the Lock Hospital, and an essay on the surgical treatment of haemorrhoidal tumours / by Henry Lee.

  • Lee, Henry, 1817-1898.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Pathological and surgical observations : including a short course of lectures delivered at the Lock Hospital, and an essay on the surgical treatment of haemorrhoidal tumours / by Henry Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    July 29th. The primary ulcer on the prepuce, and the sores result- ing from the inoculations, were less inflamed. The ulcerations pro- duced by the first inoculations appeared to be still poisonous; all the rest were healing. The sores produced by the fifth, sixth, and seventh series of inoculations were almost cicatrised. The swelling in the groin had w'ell nigh disappeared. August 4th. The ulcers produced by the last three series of in- oculations were healed, and the others were healing on the 14th of August. Thirty-five days after the inoculations were discontinued, some constitutional symptoms appeared: on the back and tliighs, and other portions of the body, slightly raised patches of a coppeiy colour were visible; and on the 18th and 19th the patient was affected with periosteal pain of the tibia. The primary ulcer had now' destroyed the upper part of the prepuce, and eaten aw'ay part of the corona glandis. The cutaneous spots were becoming confluent. In this rather uninviting state of things, M. Zclaschi bethought himself of again having recourse to syphilisation, but before doing so sought the advice of Dr. Sperino with reference to the case. It w'as then agreed that syphilisation should again be had recourse to, and that it should be vigorously prosecuted. Accordingly, on the 20th August, twenty punctures were made with pus derived from other syphilitic patients, and twenty pustules w'cre produced. August 23rd. Fourteen punctures were made with a lancet charged w-ith pus taken from the sore on the patient’s prepuce, and twelve pustules resulted. August 30th. The general state of the patient was described as very satisfactory. The primary ulcer on the prepuce was no longer extending itself. The ulcers arising from the inoculations of the 20th w'ere inflamed and painful. Fifteen fresh punctures gave rise to eleven pustules.