A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . be abandoned. For practical pur-poses, only the strictures which were termed by Otisstrictures of small calibre are to be regarded as organicstrictures at all. It is alwajs proper in describing astricture to speak of it as a large or a small stiicture, butwhen these expressions are they are not intended tolefer to the term stricture of large calibre, which has. come to carry with it an especial meaning, and is not to-day believed to be in accordance with the f
A Reference handbook of the medical sciences embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . be abandoned. For practical pur-poses, only the strictures which were termed by Otisstrictures of small calibre are to be regarded as organicstrictures at all. It is alwajs proper in describing astricture to speak of it as a large or a small stiicture, butwhen these expressions are they are not intended tolefer to the term stricture of large calibre, which has. come to carry with it an especial meaning, and is not to-day believed to be in accordance with the facts. Loc.\TioN OF Strictures.—There are three points inthe urethra at which organic stricture is most commonly to be , theregion of thebulb. Second,the region ofthe p e 11 o -scrotal angle. Third, a point at the iiosteriorlimits of the fossa navieularis. True stricture of the menilira-nous urethra is rare except incases of rupture of the urethra. Stricture of the prostatic ure-thra is jirobably unknown. Symptoms of Stricture.—Organic stricture of the urethramay exist without symptoms;in fact, in the early stages moststrictures do not attract the pa-tients attention. A gleety discharge with theconstant presence of shreds inthe urine is a very constantsymptom of stricture. Slight burning or irritationand slight frequency of urina-tion are commonly observed, butthey are by no means constant. Dribbling at the end of theact of urination is common, anddue to the inability of t
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