[ Wens of the Sort Called Stentonaceous ] Dr. William James Almon
Date: 1791-1800, focusing specifically on 1799 to 1800. | 1791/01/01 to 1800/01/01
Source:
Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds
| Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045
An account of a Mr. Cheseholme, who shared his success in treating large wens or swellings on the face and neck using boiling water and common salt, p. 266. Given that Almon was busy with his Halifax medical practice and other pursuits during the years indicated, it is unlikely that he spent much or any time in London but transcribed the account from another source (see "Almon (Allmon), William James," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. 5).
Wens of the sort call’d Stentonaceous
I have very frequently whilst in London
from 1791 to 1800 met in Public with a
Gentleman of the name of Cheseholme
who had a monstrous swelling on the
side of his neck, it was so very large
as to disfigure him & to render his
motions very awkward one day in 1799
I met him & was surprised to see
him perfectly disencumbered of his wen
and shortly after read an account of
the cure to which he signed his name
and which in substance was as follows
He dissolved one pound of common salt
in a pint of boiling water and used it either
warm or cold ten or twelve times a day
during somewhat less than a fortnight
at the end of which time the swelling had
disolved and came out-in matter Mr. Cheseholme
recommends perseverance to those who happen
not to bee so speedily cured as he was as he had
known some cures which tho ultimately
perfect had required a longer time for com
plete success.
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