Mesmerism in India (1851) - Page 22

A Record showing the number of painless surgical operations performed at Hooghly during the last eight months.


Arm amputated	1
Breast amputated original: "Breast ditto"	1
Tumor extracted from the upper jaw	1
Hard tumors of the testes original: "Scirrhus testium"; cancerous or hard masses in the scrotum. removed original: "extirpated"	2
Penis amputated	2
Contracted knees straightened	3
Contracted arms straightened original: "Ditto arms"	3
Operations for cataracts	3
Large tumor in the groin cut off	1
Operations for hydrocele A collection of fluid in the membrane surrounding the testicle.	7
Operations for dropsy original: "Dropsy"; now known as edema, an accumulation of fluid in the body's tissues or cavities.	2
Actual cautery The use of a red-hot iron to sear tissue to stop bleeding or infection. applied to a sore	1
Hydrochloric acid original: "Muriatic acid" applied to a sore	2
Unhealthy sores trimmed down original: "pared down"	7
Abscesses opened	5
Passageway original: "Sinus"; a narrow channel or tract leading from an abscess or cyst to the skin's surface., six inches long, laid open	1
Heel flayed In surgery, this refers to the removal of a layer of skin or tissue, often to treat deep infection or disease.	1
End of thumb cut off	1
Teeth extracted	3
Gum cut away	1
Prepuce The foreskin. cut off	3
Hemorrhoids original: "Piles" removed	1
Toenails of the big toe removed by the roots	5
Surgical thread original: "Seton"; a thread or piece of gauze passed through the skin to create a drainage channel. inserted from ankle to knee	1
Large tumor on leg removed	1
Scrotal tumors Growths in the scrotum, often reaching enormous sizes in 19th-century India due to conditions like elephantiasis., weighing from 8 lbs. to 80 lbs. (17 removed, 14 of which were painless)	14
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Total Operations	73
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