A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . a firm, dense conistence, and iscomposed of a strong fibrous stroma, inlaidwith hypertrophied and curiously interlaced „ , , • ?, 1 ^ 1 m , T, • • e 1 Neuromata of a stump, after amputatioa nervous trunks and filaments. It is, in fact, ^f ^he a lai-e mass at a; , a true neuroma. The accompanying pain is the tumoi-s aie more defined,exquisite, and the part is so^sensitive as to be intolerant of the slightest touch ; the general health is much affected, and thepatient is remarkably susceptible of atmospher
A system of surgery : pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and operative . a firm, dense conistence, and iscomposed of a strong fibrous stroma, inlaidwith hypertrophied and curiously interlaced „ , , • ?, 1 ^ 1 m , T, • • e 1 Neuromata of a stump, after amputatioa nervous trunks and filaments. It is, in fact, ^f ^he a lai-e mass at a; , a true neuroma. The accompanying pain is the tumoi-s aie more defined,exquisite, and the part is so^sensitive as to be intolerant of the slightest touch ; the general health is much affected, and thepatient is remarkably susceptible of atmospheric vicissitudes, every change inthe weather from warm to cold and dry to wet being followed by an increase ofsuffering. The malady is of a much more serious character than the other, andrequires proportionately stronger measures. In general, nothing short of removalwill avail; by excision, if the tumor be single and easily accessible, by amputa-tion, if it be multiple and deep seated. For the milder varieties of neuralgia the ordinary remedies will sometimes. 518 AMPUTATIONS IN GENERAL. ohap. xvii. suflBce, as in neuralgia in other parts of the body, especially quinine, or, if thepatient is anemic, quinine and iron, combined, in either case, with strychnia andarsenious acid, belladonna, stramonium, or aconite; the effects of the articlesbeing studiously watched, lest an overdose be given, and life placed in marked benefit accrues from the exhibition of colchicum and morphia,administered in full doses at bedtime, as one drachm of the wine to a grain of thesalt. These medicines are particularly valuable in subjects of a rheumatic stateof the system. Locally, iodine, blisters, issues, and other counter-irritants areused, along with anodyne embrocations. The stump is well protected from cold,friction, and pressure. G. A hurse sometimes forms upon the stump, generally immediately over theend of the bone, in consequence of the long-continued pressure of an
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