A non-surgical treatise on diseases of the prostate gland and adnexa . o be con-tinued. It must be remembered that the current can beused longer and stronger near the meatus than in the lowerurethra. The farther you recede from the meatus, in*direct proportion thereto must caution be used. The removal of the electrode from the urethra must beaccomplished in the same way as its introduction. Thepatient must put aside the hand electrode, or catch it bythe insulated handle, when the urethral electrode can bewithdrawn without shock or pain. If this precaution is notfollowed and a shock is given, t
A non-surgical treatise on diseases of the prostate gland and adnexa . o be con-tinued. It must be remembered that the current can beused longer and stronger near the meatus than in the lowerurethra. The farther you recede from the meatus, in*direct proportion thereto must caution be used. The removal of the electrode from the urethra must beaccomplished in the same way as its introduction. Thepatient must put aside the hand electrode, or catch it bythe insulated handle, when the urethral electrode can bewithdrawn without shock or pain. If this precaution is notfollowed and a shock is given, the patient never forgets it. THE TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 219 and will always be nervous and uneasy at each successivetreatment. I usually begin with a current strength of three milli-amperes, of from two to three minutes duration. Shouldit not be followed by any local irritation, or but very little,it could be increased at the next treatment to five or sixmilliamperes, and for five minutes. In some callous casesI have used a current strength of ten to fifteen milli-. Fig. XXXII. amperes, should it not be attended with pain or hemor-rhage. Fig XXXII. illustrates the authors method of removalof stricture by electrolysis. Eectal ulceration on its anterior surface, and from oneto two inches within the anus (as L), is common; and lyingin close proximity and opposite the prostate, aggravates 220 TUE TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. any inflammatory condition of the latter. I have occa-sionally met with ulceration high up in the rectum (as H).Such ulcers may have heen present for a long time withlittle or no subjective symptoms being manifest. Ulcersin the lower part of the rectum are generally attendedwith constipation, owing to reilex contraction of thesphincters that they induce. When such ulcer exists, it isalmost impossible to relieve prostatic irritation withoutfirst relieving the ulcer. I usually make my applications about every five or sixdays, but am governed, of course, by conditions
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