Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment . Fig. 30. Inserting lamp-carrier into the tube. color is white or yellowish white, permeated by apeculiar shade of dark red, which is most intenseat and behind the bulb, the color becoming lighterand lighter as the meatus is approached; in themiddle of the urethra it is yellowish red in hue,while at the fossa navicularis and external orificeit is pale yellow or white. The lustre of the normal mucosa is uniform 122 Gonorrhea in the Male. throughout, its upper surface appearing moist,shiny and smooth. When at rest the walls of the ureth
Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment . Fig. 30. Inserting lamp-carrier into the tube. color is white or yellowish white, permeated by apeculiar shade of dark red, which is most intenseat and behind the bulb, the color becoming lighterand lighter as the meatus is approached; in themiddle of the urethra it is yellowish red in hue,while at the fossa navicularis and external orificeit is pale yellow or white. The lustre of the normal mucosa is uniform 122 Gonorrhea in the Male. throughout, its upper surface appearing moist,shiny and smooth. When at rest the walls of the urethra lie incontact with one another in the form of longi-tudinal folds; if a tube be introduced, the foldsassume a radiate arrangement, for the reason thai. Fig. 31. Instrument slowly withdrawn and mucous membranestudied. the tube lies perpendicularly to a cross-section ofthe canal. The radiations vary according to thesize of the instrument which is inserted; the smallerthe tube, the greater the number of plications, andvice versa, as pressure of the tube against theurethra obliterates them. Tn the spaces between these folds, striations vary- Anterior Urethroscopy. 123 ing in color from pink to deep red are seen, radiatingfrom the periphery to the center the same as thefolds themselves. The striations are caused byblood-vessels in the submucosa. If the tube bepressed against one of the urethral walls, it will beeasily recognized that these striations are not exactlystraight lines; they may also be obliterated by centralpressure. Finally, the lacunge of Morgagni, from six totwelve in number, may be observed as fine longitud-inal depressions. Several forms of chronic urethritis may be dif-ferentiated by means of the urethroscope, a factwhic
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