A practical working handbook in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the genito-urinary system, and syphilis - being the revised and enlarged notes, with additions (1897) (14780072474)
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Title: A practical working handbook in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the genito-urinary system, and syphilis : being the revised and enlarged notes, with additions
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Doughty, F. E. (Francis E.) Holden, George Parker
Subjects: Genitourinary organs Urogenital Diseases Homeopathy
Publisher: Philadelphia : Boericke & Tafel
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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ted. And any operation upon the blad-der is very difficult to perform through the perineum ;you have nothing like the chance for a thorough ex-amination, nor for an operative area, that you do inthe other method. Again, some prefer the perinealincision simply for diagnosis. It can be done undercocaine, without much pain or danger. If you find acondition requiring an operation within the bladder,you can then go on and do an epicystotomy. (Seepages 103 and 109 for details.) (Permanent Drainage.—When in cases of ex- 190 doughtys gknito-urinary diseases. strophy of the bladder, or for relief of urinary retentionand intractable cystitis due to enlarged prostate, itbecomes necessary to institute permanent drainage ofthe bladder, recourse is had to an apparatus such as oneof these herein illustrated. The catheter, held in situ by one of the methods in-dicated, leads either to a collecting pouch,—as seen inthe top, left hand figure—or to a leg tube similar tothe urinal shown on page 60.
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