Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment . Fig. 4. Acute urethro-cystitis, Thompson two-glass test (thirdglass added): G1, cloudy urine; G 2, less cloudy urine; G 3, morecloudy urine. perfectly clean. The patient now passes his urineinto a third clean glass. If the urine thus passed isclear and sparkling, the inflammation is limited tothe anterior urethra (Fig. 5). If it be cloudy orturbid (Fig. 6), the posterior urethra is also in-volved. When properly performed this test is absolutelyreliable. The writer employs the following method : *Ref. Lohnstein, Deutsche Med. Woch., 1
Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment . Fig. 4. Acute urethro-cystitis, Thompson two-glass test (thirdglass added): G1, cloudy urine; G 2, less cloudy urine; G 3, morecloudy urine. perfectly clean. The patient now passes his urineinto a third clean glass. If the urine thus passed isclear and sparkling, the inflammation is limited tothe anterior urethra (Fig. 5). If it be cloudy orturbid (Fig. 6), the posterior urethra is also in-volved. When properly performed this test is absolutelyreliable. The writer employs the following method : *Ref. Lohnstein, Deutsche Med. Woch., 1893, No. 44,p. 1072. tThis water may be colored with a drop or two ofmethylene blue or permanganate solution. Methods of Examination. 29 The patient lies on a table with a large measuringglass so placed as to catch all the washings from theurethra (Fig. 20). When three or four ounces of. Fig. 5. Acute anterior urethritis, irrigation test: G1, cloudywashings from anterior urethra; G 2, clean washings (control glass) ;G 3, clear urine passed by patient, showing posterior urethra un-affected. fluid have been used in irrigating, the washings aretransferred into a clean glass (G- 1). The measur-ing glass is again placed in position and the urethra
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