: BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
“the cavity of the abdomen, as soon as it should separate. ‘To prevs 
. this, which would produce death, if a small spot only is diseased, W 
should endeavor with a needle and thread to connect the sound p 
of the gut immediately above the mortified spot to the wound im th 
‘abdominal muscles.’ By this, the feces are discharged by the wot 
when the mortified spot separates or is cut out, till, by possibili 
e gut may at last heal up entirely. 2 
When the mortification’ of the gut is extensive, and includes 
whole circumference of it, the gangrenous parts should be cut 
at once, and the two ends of the gut sewed together with a fine needle 
and thread, the end of which should be left out, to be drawn out w 
the parts unite. ia ao “ ae 
_- These operations may be tried, as affording at least a chante 
life, when otherwise the patient must die i 
After the ruptured parts are completely returned, the sides of the 
cut should be drawn together with a thread at every half inch dis. 
tance. This being doné, the parts’should be covered with a pledget — 
_ of any emollient omtmént, and soft lint, and the whole retained with — 
: a bandage. “The patient should now be catried in a horizontal 
position to his bed, and there lay with his hips somewhat elevareds 
He should be kept easy with opiates ; and blood letting, and low diet 
used, if necessary. é “a 
_» The sore should be looked at and dressed daily, by which means 
amy change that takes place may be discovered ; the ligatures in 
eourse of six or sevén days should be withdrawn ; and as soona 
the parts are cicatrized, a well adapted truss should be applied, and 
Hever aRerwards laid aside. 3 sito 
_ Hernia in other parts of the abdomen + uire, generally, the sam 
ans of red 1 as the scrotal he nia. Ta allot these operations, 
: t care, and a good knowledge of the anatomy of the 
_ Parts are requisite, that we may avoid injuring the arteries, the spe™ 
chek and other vessels, which might be productive of much mit 
, great €a 
Sa, 
ees OF CUTTING FOR THE sToNE. 
~T shall not here casey into a di 
; escription of this ration 5 as 
have reason to believe, that, with the proper use of ee wieaiié for dis 
solving, and carrying off the stone and gravel, mentioned in ™ 
of those complaints, cutting for the stone can seldom b€ 
