Interstate medical journal . Fig. 1. 462 JOHNSON. press themselves as much more comfortable. They go about in comfort,attending to their ordinary duties, provided the occupation is not onecalling for unusual exercise. The swelling subsides rather rapidly sothat within a week or ten days, the plaster may be removed and a suspen-sory bandage worn instead. A case of acute epididymitis whom rest in bed, support of the testicles,and application of poultices failed to relieve pain, the patient requiringlarge doses of opium to keep him in any comfort, was made comfortableat once by the plaster bandag
Interstate medical journal . Fig. 1. 462 JOHNSON. press themselves as much more comfortable. They go about in comfort,attending to their ordinary duties, provided the occupation is not onecalling for unusual exercise. The swelling subsides rather rapidly sothat within a week or ten days, the plaster may be removed and a suspen-sory bandage worn instead. A case of acute epididymitis whom rest in bed, support of the testicles,and application of poultices failed to relieve pain, the patient requiringlarge doses of opium to keep him in any comfort, was made comfortableat once by the plaster bandage. A few weeks ago a patient on whom this. Fig. 2. bandage had been applied and to whom it had given ease, fell into thehands of another physician three days later. The straps were removedand the patient told to use flaxseed poultices. His epididymis now beganto swell again and pain returned when he at once came back for a reappli-cation of the adhesive straps, which again gave him relief. I have nowemployed this method in a number of cases. If left undisturbed for too long the plaster will cause considerable irri-tation of the skin, but, as a rule, I find that it may remain a week or tendays without causing any inconvenience from that source. Fortunately ABSCESS OF THE LIVER. 463 that is usually sufficient time to reduce the swelling so that the epididymisis no longer painful when an ordinary suspensory is worn. In a few cases the patients objected to having the pubis shaved and Ithen applied the plaster over the hairs. Phis naturally causes consider-able difficulty when the time comes for its removal. It may be donewithout m
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