ceNcEtor: 
The ganglion, indeed, is compofed of a tendinous oe 
which is filled with a Muid refembling white-of-egg. 
chief circumftance in which it differs from a common en- 
arts 
the hands and feet ; but ther 
making their appearance jon Sales fituations in 
the body. Mr. Warner met aa an nay A eae re example 
of this — ai the tumour pofleffed the whole back 
part of th 
Gan aelage fais take their rife from a ftrain or bruife; 
and, at other times, they happen ae t any laa ac 
cident. It is not common for them to grow to a very la 
fize ; but on certain occafions the ia done ae and proved 
very inconvenient, by depriving the part of its itrength and 
motion. 
Ganglions are unattended with any difcolouration of the 
fkin, and, ing compreffed, appear to poffefs a great 
deal of elatticit 
Thefe Ganouts admit of being cured in various ways, 
fome of which are more certainly ‘eflicacious, and freer from 
objections than others. The chief means are fri€tion, with 
ee rapa i ares re Lee ftriking 
t wit 
With refpe& to Stimlting cfeutent epplications, they 
are ufed with a view abforption of the 
nat com sarge as tion for 
ganglions is the ‘ein origan wi thefe — 
are to be ru two bere times a ee r. 
found that aaa Tiniments, mixed with opium, a 
plafters, compofed o 
e tumour with the’ es 
origani, or one of cations recommended above by 
Mer. Warner. We d not be inclined to have recourfe 
to = bliftering plan, except, perhaps, in a few obftinate 
ca 
Som metimes, by the foregoing meafures, par ticularly when 
tHefe are affifted by conftant preffu umour, a - 
lion may be effectually removed. equently, how 
ever, the {welling only undergoes a temporary diminution, 
nutio 
and returns to its former magnitude fhortly after the ap- 
plications are difcontinued. 
etons are a dangerous and painful means of cure, and 
we salvane ly recommend them never to be tried with a view 
of removin 
» it fometimes changes into’a terrible, 
and fatal difeafe. 
cal Journal, we may find an impreflive cafe, in which the 
ee eae was — by an attempt.to cure a 
gang with a feto Were we to {uppofe the plan 
aed, “Ril it ou be pi tionable, on account of its 
neces ily fubjeCing the patient, i a certain time, to fome 
In the fifth volume o the London Medi- 
onfe- 
not pes obliterated by 
an a of its das a . oy er. 
xt practi to notices is that of 
feng a eae on ah ve fit, a ices r, or the back of 
ab ook. heard of feveral Anftances i in et or the 
nftances, ho mon, in which all at- 
tempts to difperfe a ene ee cnet étual. When this 
is the cafe, and the parts become difabled from the fize and 
fituation of the fwelli ling, the furgeon is warranted in 
pating the difeafe with a knife: The manner of doing this 
i is eel _ ar to pa - removingencyited tumours, 
ee e EXTIRPATION. ) itioners have been fear- 
ul of cating ray vag From an idea, that aa de eg 
sympte 
one the cyit ae hati is on fay, with- 
out ie it, or plane any particle of it behind, and 
then to bring the edges of the wound together with ee 
ing plafter. Some preffure fhould alfo be made on the pet 
with a comprefs of lint anda bandage. 
- In order a that a ganglion may, in cafe of its re- 
fitting and becoming troublefome, be fafel 
a by exci 
fen, we quote the following cafe. 
“« A young woman, Ig years s of age, {trained her wrift by a 
fall. The accident was immediately followed by great 
pain, and a weaknefs and fwelling of the whole. hand 
ears 
i om the inner and lower part: of her w a few 
days, the {welling became fo large as to hinder the: patient, 
from fhutting her hand, or moving her fingers. 
part was fhewn to Mr. Warner, he felt in the tumour a fluid, 
which extended about an inch mene the nee Aes ee 
of the wrift, and abeut half an inch below which 
upon preffure: feemed to oe under the ggnent Mr. 
Warner undertook. the cure by extirpation. He gan a an 
incifion a little above the’-upper’ part of ‘the felling, and. 
continued the cut through the integuments toa little beyond. 
He then difleGted u e fkin on each "ide, 
mour, which lay under the tendons e flexor carpi ul-. 
naris, and palmaris longus cules both of ae were cons 
4 K2 ' fiderably 
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