A text-book of practical therapeutics . Fig. 115.—Just as the last portion of the water is about to disappear down the tubethe funnel end is lowered and the contents of the stomach are siphoned out. a string should be attached to the eternal end of the catheter beforeit is introduced, and the tube should always be at least thirty inchesin length. LEECHING. Leeching is a method of abstracting blood for the purpose ofrelieving local inflammations or acute congestions. There are twoforms of leech commonly employed in medicine, both of which areimported. A small leech is found in many streams in t
A text-book of practical therapeutics . Fig. 115.—Just as the last portion of the water is about to disappear down the tubethe funnel end is lowered and the contents of the stomach are siphoned out. a string should be attached to the eternal end of the catheter beforeit is introduced, and the tube should always be at least thirty inchesin length. LEECHING. Leeching is a method of abstracting blood for the purpose ofrelieving local inflammations or acute congestions. There are twoforms of leech commonly employed in medicine, both of which areimported. A small leech is found in many streams in the UnitedStates. Leeches, after attaching themselves to the skin by means LEECHING 619 of their sucking apparatus and teeth, secrete a liquid which preventscoagulation of blood, and this accounts for the persistent hemorrhagesometimes seen after a Fig. 116.—Showing the application of leeches in front of and behind the ear, forthe relief of the early stages of acute otitis. The auditory meatus is plugged withcotton to prevent the leech from entering the canal by accident. Therapeutics.—The reasons for using venesection or depletion areconsidered farther on, and we can therefore pass directly to theuses to which leeches are put. In cases of meningitis they may beapplied to the temples or to the nape of the neck, and they are usefulin the treatment of swollen joints, such as occur after sprains. Inorchitis they should not be placed upon the scrotum, but on thegroin. In conjunctivitis or inflammation of the eye they should beapplied upon the temple or back of the ears, not upon the lid effect of leeching is not only that of depletion, but also one ofcounterirritation. Richauds table indicating the areas of the skin to which leeches or cups are to beapplied to directly affect the viscera by abstraction of blood. Areas
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