. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. our before be-ginning it is well, especially in male patients, to give an hypodermic injectionof % or 1/4 grain of morphine. The external genitals are thoroughly cleansed with sterile soap suds andwater, as are the operators hands. In fact, the aseptic precautions must be SUEGERY OF THE GENITO-URINARY TRACT 543 as great as in a major surgical operation. A small pledget of cotton soakedin 10 per cent cocaine solution is placed in the external urethral meatus fora period of five minutes and then removed. A male catheter, lubricated withsterile glyce
. A new manual of surgery, civil and military. our before be-ginning it is well, especially in male patients, to give an hypodermic injectionof % or 1/4 grain of morphine. The external genitals are thoroughly cleansed with sterile soap suds andwater, as are the operators hands. In fact, the aseptic precautions must be SUEGERY OF THE GENITO-URINARY TRACT 543 as great as in a major surgical operation. A small pledget of cotton soakedin 10 per cent cocaine solution is placed in the external urethral meatus fora period of five minutes and then removed. A male catheter, lubricated withsterile glycerine, is passed into the bladder and the residual urine drained andsaved for examination. Through the catheter one ounce of a 1 per cent,solution of ah^Din or 2 per cent, cocaine is injected and the catheter current rheostat is adjusted to give the proper intensity of light, theobturator is placed in position, the end covered with sterile glycerine, and itis then ready to be passed. In females there is no difficulty in passing the.
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