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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Housemaid's Knee.This affection is termed housemaid's knee, because it occurs with especial frequency in servant girls, presumably in consequence of kneeling upon hardr damp floors. So long as it remains painless it need not be interfered with, unless it attains such a size as to inconvenience the patient. In this case it may be punctured with a fine needle, and the fluid allowed to escape. If it become inflamed, the patient suffers great pain and high fever ; the knee swells so that walking is impossible. Treatment.- During an inflammation of such a tumor the patient should lie quietly in bed. Hot cloths must be wound around the knee and frequently changed, in order in keep up a constant warmth and moisture. In two or three days the pain and swelling usually subside, and the patient's condition remains as before. In other cases matter forms, and it becomes necessary to open the swelling with the knife. The tumor can usually be made to disappear by passing a seton through it ; this consists in inserting a needle armed with clean silk into and through the sac, the silk being permitted to remain. This causes some inflammation, as a result of which the sac gradually dries up. Several other plans of treatment are in use, but can be practiced only by the surgeon. But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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