Surgical observations on the treatment of chronic inflammation in various structures; particularly as exemplified in the diseases of the joints / by John Scott.

  • Scott, John.
Date:
1828
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    contract upon their contents. In these cases, stimuli are necessary. This effect may be produced by more forcibly com- pressing the part, in a degree productive of pain on the first application of the plaster, but after a short time rendering it easier than before. Were the limb to be encircled with this degree of tightness, the circulation through the large venous trunks would be impeded, and the in- flammation thus aggravated. In order, therefore, safely to compress the vessels of the part inflamed with that degree of force which shall produce upon them the effect of a powerful stimulus, the plasters used with this view must only extend to half the circumference of the leg, and a short distance both above and below the seat of the inflammation. Externally to these, the whole limb must be supported in the manner already explained. This modification, however, is rarely neces- sary, and should only be applied to ulcers of small extent, which the more mode-