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:
1814
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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.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    diseases, are relieved simply by the in-- traduction of a bougie. On the subject of the removal of the hcemorrhoidal -excrescence, the result of my experience has been somewhat differ- ent from what I had been led to expect by the writers who have treated of this affection. 1 have not always found it a secure and safe operation. Other sur- geons also have met with instances of great danger, and even death, produced by the free extirpation of these tumours. I have endeavoured to suggest some other modes of treating the disease, or so to modify the operation, as to render it less serious and less objectionable. ' The Prolapsus Ani, so common, and so troublesome a complaint at all ages, but particulai'ly in the latei' periods of life, has never been considered, ■ and anatomi- cally investigated, tvith the care that the subject is capable of. The principle of