. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 280.—Penoscrotal Junction (Stern). Horizontal slit-sha]5ed lumen. Glands of Littre. Fig. 281.—Pi; Urethra (Stern).Round lumen. Follicles of llorgagni. discernible. The mouths of the ducts which lead down to Cowpersglands cannot be seen without the aid of an aero-urethroscope. In examining the posterior urethra the degree of congestion presentand the existence of superficial erosions or ulcerations should be de-termined. Rigidity and thickening of the verumontanum and the ap- MALFORMATIONS OF THE URETHRA. 497 pearance of the mouths of the pr


. Surgery, its principles and practice . Fig. 280.—Penoscrotal Junction (Stern). Horizontal slit-sha]5ed lumen. Glands of Littre. Fig. 281.—Pi; Urethra (Stern).Round lumen. Follicles of llorgagni. discernible. The mouths of the ducts which lead down to Cowpersglands cannot be seen without the aid of an aero-urethroscope. In examining the posterior urethra the degree of congestion presentand the existence of superficial erosions or ulcerations should be de-termined. Rigidity and thickening of the verumontanum and the ap- MALFORMATIONS OF THE URETHRA. 497 pearance of the mouths of the prostatic and ejaculatory ducts shouldalso be noted. A urethroscopic examination will determine definitelywhether or not a stricture of large caliber exists, and in strictures ofsmall caliber it may serve to show the position of the opening throughthe coarctation. MALFORMATIONS OF THE URETHRA. Hypospadias is a congenital defect of the anterior urethra be-lieved to result from arrested fetal development. Varieties.—The classification


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