Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus ; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano. / By Thomas Copeland.

  • Copeland, Thomas, 1781-1855.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Observations on the principal diseases of the rectum and anus ; particularly stricture of the rectum, the haemorrhoidal excrescence, and fistula in ano. / By Thomas Copeland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    And this opinion may, perhaps, derive some additional strength, when we reflect how often the neighbouring parts are attacked with complaints, of which no practitioner doubts the venereal origin. The condvlomatous excrescences which 4/ we see every day surrounding the anus, the large rhagades in these parts, though not so frequent a disease, have long been considered venereal. And these, also, in addition to the constitutional remedy, re- quire a local treatment adapted to their na- ture, as well as the stricture of the rectum. Even the fistula in ano is sometimes the consequence of the venereal infection*, as has been remarked by Mr. Pott and Le Dran. After all, I do not by any means intend to assert that it is always, or even most fre- * Pott’s Works, by Earle, vol. iii, p. 87. Le Dran, Observ. de Chirurg. tom. ii, obs. 84.