Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and other disorders of the urinary organs . , by a notorious secret-disease quack. After I had once succeeded in reliev-ing the bladder, no further catheterism was necessary,and I delayed the passing of bougies for a , by this time, the false passage closed, andtreatment was proceeded with as usual. The accom-panying sketch shows what may be done in the way ofmaking false passages (see Plate A). Here the instru-ment, having left the urethra in front of the stricture,is made to enter the bladder by a new route behind a f
Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and other disorders of the urinary organs . , by a notorious secret-disease quack. After I had once succeeded in reliev-ing the bladder, no further catheterism was necessary,and I delayed the passing of bougies for a , by this time, the false passage closed, andtreatment was proceeded with as usual. The accom-panying sketch shows what may be done in the way ofmaking false passages (see Plate A). Here the instru-ment, having left the urethra in front of the stricture,is made to enter the bladder by a new route behind a false passage is made, it is usually alongthe floor of the urethra, the operator allowing thepoint of his instrument to drop, and then, whena hitch occurs, as the more fixed portion of theurethra is reached, exercising force. Now, as thedeeper portion of the urethra can be readily exploredby the finger in the rectum, whenever difficulty arises * In the American Journal of Medical Science, of July, 1877, Dr. Boyltinddraws attention to the great efficacy of Ergot in urethral
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