Treatment of hemorrhoids, and other non-malignant rectal diseasesAgnew, W. P. (William Penn)
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Treatment of hemorrhoids, and other non-malignant rectal diseases
Agnew, W. P. (William Penn)
Hemorrhoids; Rectum -- Diseases
On his first visit to me, he was asked to use the commode and strain out
the piles, which presented to view a large, continuous hemorrhoidal mass
encircling nearly one-half the bowel on one side, with five distinct and
typical tumors on the other, similar to Fig. 1. He was directed to lie
on the operating chair with the large growth oil the upper side, and
about 30 minims of the carbolic acid preparation was injected in three
different places in the mass, the protrusion returned and the bowels
constipated for four days; after which the bowels were moved by an enema
of slippery elm water, when not a vestige of the growth could be seen,
and no pain.
He put his hand back to push in the bowel, as he had been accustomed for
the past eight years, and found it gone; whereupon he said if this had
occurred in the day of miracles, he would think me Jesus Christ. One
operation is all that is required for the remaining five tumors, and both
piles and prolapsus are cured by two operations. In fact, the smaller
tumors should have been taken first, when the opportunity to get at them
was much better.
The only inconvenience suffered was from an effort to hold the bowels,
and the after-pain, which lasted about 14 hours, but was not severe;
during which time an opium suppository was introduced every two or three
hours. He stated that he was just getting over an attack of _La Grippe_
and had been purged pretty freely, consequently did not evacuate the
bowels previous to operation, but advised a liquid diet for the first
three days.
George P., aged 37, druggist, had a continuous hemorrhoidal mass
occupying both sides of the bowel when protruded, being separated only by
an anterior and a posterior commissure. Glaring fibrous bands seemed to
bind down the enlargements in places, presenting anything but an inviting
case. He also had an arterial hemorrhoid attached just above the verge,
constantly hanging out and exciting the external sphincter; looked like
and was about as large as a medium sized strawberry, irritable and eroded.
The history of the case and the extreme ungainly appearance of the
protrusion induced me to have it photographed. It is approximately
represented in Fig. 2, but does not show the fibrous bands. The patient
was placed on the side opposite the larger mass, which was injected at
four different points. The bowels were constipated for four days by the
occasional introduction of an opium suppository and then moved by enema,
when the man shed tears of joy on having no pain at stool and finding
no protrusion on that side. The next operation took the other side,
together with the strawberry, and the case discharged, cured of piles and
prolapsus.
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