Duodenal and gastric ulcers / [by William Pepper].

  • Pepper William, 1843-1898.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Duodenal and gastric ulcers / [by William Pepper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    doned, and for many days no attempt was made to administer food by the mouth. She was anointed assiduously with sweet oil, and for four weeks was maintained exclusively by rectal ene- mas. Veratria ointment was used externally, in conjunction with morphia hypodermically, and opium by the rectum to control suffering. De- spite her desperate condition she began to im- prove ; vomiting grew less frequent, and blood ceased to be ejected. The fever subsided. As resolution of the parotitis advanced, she became able to bear teaspoonful doses of skim milk. This was cautiously increased, and she was kept upon an absolute milk diet for about three months. She was then able to be lifted from bed, and moved carefully to the seashore. After seven weeks of illness, recovery was complete, but was marked by protracted and obstinate constipation with troublesome rectal fissure. Case j.—Ulcer, Probably Duodenal; Gastralgic Pams; Persistent Vomiting; Severe Re- heated Hcemorrhages altogether In- testinal ; Circumscribed Tumor; Recovery after Desperate Illness. Mrs. P., set. 38. Was seen in consultation with Dr. H. A. M. Smith, of Gloucester City, N. J, She had enjoyed general good health, but during the autumn of 1888, had been overtaxed and worried greatly in connection with business affairs. She was attacked December 14, with se- vere gastralgic pain, which recurred regularly every afternoon at about the same hour. Vomit- ing began on December 29, and at once became frequent and was attended with marked exhaus- tion, so that she took to bed on January 1, 1889. In spite of various remedies and careful regula-