A manual of syphilis and the venereal diseases, . Fig. 36.—Sounding of the urethra. thra by its own weight. The penis should gently beput on the stretch to efface the folds of the urethral. Fig. 37.—Sounding of the urethra. mucous membrane and to enable the point of the soundto gravitate as far as possible toward the bulb. With 528 SYPHILIS AND THE VENEREAL DISEASES. the left hand still holding the penis, the handle of theinstrument is steadily carried over the surface of theabdomen to the exact median line of the body (Fig. 37).Without elevating the handle of the sound, the latter isthen gent
A manual of syphilis and the venereal diseases, . Fig. 36.—Sounding of the urethra. thra by its own weight. The penis should gently beput on the stretch to efface the folds of the urethral. Fig. 37.—Sounding of the urethra. mucous membrane and to enable the point of the soundto gravitate as far as possible toward the bulb. With 528 SYPHILIS AND THE VENEREAL DISEASES. the left hand still holding the penis, the handle of theinstrument is steadily carried over the surface of theabdomen to the exact median line of the body (Fig. 37).Without elevating the handle of the sound, the latter isthen gently pushed toward the feet of the patient, whilethe left hand gathers up the scrotum, testicles, and penisand makes slight upward traction upon them. The pointof the sound should be followed closely throughout bythe little finger of the left hand, and when the point haspassed to the perineum and the curve of the instrumentcan be felt back of the scrotum, the penis and the tes-
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