. Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and enlargement of the prostate. icture has beenthoroughly divided, we introduce a large silver catheter,No. 18 or 20 F. (10, 12 E.), draw off the urine and any bloodthat may have trickled into the bladder, and then wash outthe latter with a saturated solution of boric acid by means ofa metal syringe or irrigator. I formerly used solution ofperchloride of mercury (1 in 6,000), but found that it irritatedthe bladder, and induced constant desire to micturate whenthe patient woke from the anaesthetic; whereas our aimshould be to have the bladder com
. Clinical lectures on stricture of the urethra and enlargement of the prostate. icture has beenthoroughly divided, we introduce a large silver catheter,No. 18 or 20 F. (10, 12 E.), draw off the urine and any bloodthat may have trickled into the bladder, and then wash outthe latter with a saturated solution of boric acid by means ofa metal syringe or irrigator. I formerly used solution ofperchloride of mercury (1 in 6,000), but found that it irritatedthe bladder, and induced constant desire to micturate whenthe patient woke from the anaesthetic; whereas our aimshould be to have the bladder completely at rest, so that nourine may be passed for eight or ten hours after the opera- 4 5o OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF STRICTURE tion, when plastic lymph and blood-clot will probably havesealed the wound and rendered it impervious to urine. Ihave not found the perchloride solution more effectual inpreventing urethral fever than that of boric acid. Maissoneuves Method. This (Fig. 19) is Maissoneuves urethrotome, but I considerTevans modification of it (Fig. 20) the safest and most. Fig. 19.
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