A supplemental chapter to the first edition of the work on dropsy, by Dr. Ayre : and consisting of cases illustrative of the plan of treatment recommended in that work.

  • Ayre, Joseph, 1781-1860.
Date:
[1829]
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Credit: A supplemental chapter to the first edition of the work on dropsy, by Dr. Ayre : and consisting of cases illustrative of the plan of treatment recommended in that work. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    complaints, where, as in these cases, a con- gestive fulness of the system is the remote cause, and it yields, as will be seen also in these cases, to the same method of treat- ment which they require. The fourth case is one of dropsy of the body, with a swelling of the limbs and trunk, by which, from the pressure of the water upward on the lungs, and the great dis- tention of the body, symptoms were pro- duced something like those of dropsy of the chest. In this case is shown the efficacy of the antiphlogistic method of treatment, in preventing the return of the effusion after the operation, and the effect which the use of fermenting liquors had in re- producing the dropsy; and, finally, the beneficial result of a contrary practice, sub- sequently adopted, in fully restoring her to health. The fifth case is one of ovarian dropsy, which did not come under my care until afler the fourth operation of tapping, but which was arrested by a long perseverance