Observations on strictures of the rectum and other affections which diminish the capacity of that intestine : including spasmodic constriction of the anus, the haemorrhoidal tumours (called piles) excrescences, and the prolapsus ani and the mode of treatment ... / by W. White.

  • White, William.
Date:
1820
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Credit: Observations on strictures of the rectum and other affections which diminish the capacity of that intestine : including spasmodic constriction of the anus, the haemorrhoidal tumours (called piles) excrescences, and the prolapsus ani and the mode of treatment ... / by W. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % SECTION II. ON THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONTRACTION. Although it is the consideration of simple permanent stricture of the rectum, to which I more particularly wish to direct the attention of the young practitioner; yet, as a contracted state of the passage occasionally exists under other forms, I shall notice such as have either come within my own observa¬ tion, or have occurred to other practitioners. The most simple form of contraction which we meet with in the lower part of the intestinal canal, is that produced by spasm ; which consists in an inordinate degree of contraction in the muscular coat of the intes¬ tine, excited by some irritating cause. It happens however in ordinary cases, that the spasm ceases as soon as the exciting cause is removed. But when there is a frequent repetition, or a long continuance of the exciting cause, a permanent state of spasmodic stricture may be induced, and remain even after the exciting cause has ceased to act. Thoughit is evident any part of the canal may be