An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton / [Percivall Pott].

  • Pott, Percivall, 1714-1788
Date:
1772
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Credit: An account of the method of obtaining a perfect or radical cure of the hydrocele, or watry [sic] rupture, by means of a seton / [Percivall Pott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of^ the fcrotum, by means of the cre- maftcr mufcles, fhall be more or lefs. The qualities of confidence and co¬ lour in the contained fluid is alfo various : it is thin, aqueous, roapy, vifcid, lim¬ pid, citrine, greenifli, brown, bloody, clear, or turbid i from each of which fome fmall differences in the afpeft, feel, weight, tranfparency or obfcurity of the tumour will arife; but are of no con- fequence with regard to any method of treatment, palliative, or radical. » The methods of cure of a hydrocele are faid to be two, one called the Pal¬ liative, the other the Radical ; the lat¬ ter of which alone deferves the name of cure.