New elements of operative surgery . ts behind the glans, and fastened by a bow-knot, {rosette;) the same is done with the two cords on the oppositeside. We thus obtain four rays, united by their apex near the han-dle of the catheter, and fastened on the penis by their base, () To give greater firmness to this little ap-paratus, and to render it less inconvenient tothe patient, we may previously include thepenis in a small double compress, as we mayalso fasten the four heads by some circularsof adhesive plaster. Those vv^ho recommended fastening the ca-theter by two cords under the prep
New elements of operative surgery . ts behind the glans, and fastened by a bow-knot, {rosette;) the same is done with the two cords on the oppositeside. We thus obtain four rays, united by their apex near the han-dle of the catheter, and fastened on the penis by their base, () To give greater firmness to this little ap-paratus, and to render it less inconvenient tothe patient, we may previously include thepenis in a small double compress, as we mayalso fasten the four heads by some circularsof adhesive plaster. Those vv^ho recommended fastening the ca-theter by two cords under the prepuce, andaround the corona glandis, made use of linenribands ; but it is a practice too objectionableto be retained. Many surgeons, fearing pressure on thepenis, fix the four cords, of which I have beenspeaking, to the cincture of a suspensory, orof a T bandage, (Fig. 106,) above, and to thebody of the suspensory, or to the sub-crural bandages of the Tbelow. Finally, there are those who begin by fixing to the root of the (Fig. 106.).
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