A system of genito-urinary diseases, syphilology and dermatology (1893) (14763925032)

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Title: A system of genito-urinary diseases, syphilology and dermatology

Year: 1893 (1890s)

Authors: Morrow, Prince A. (Prince Albert), 1846-1913, ed

Subjects: Skin Syphilis Genitourinary organs

Publisher: New York : Appleton

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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Fig. 87.—Leroys urethral scoop. shaft of the instrument is split and may be separated by screw force.When this is carried down past the calculus and then forced open, thestone falls between the two parts of the shaft, and in closing them again

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Fig. -Eeliquets urethral stone-crusher. it is firmly held, and may be withdrawn. He gives the credit of the firstuse of this expedient to Dr. Westmoreland, of Georgia, although he washimself not aware of its previous use when he first employed it. When a stone is lodged in the urethra posterior to the constrictormuscle, it may be possible to push it back into the bladder, where it canbe crushed. A large sound may be used for this purpose, or an evacuat-ing tube. The use of this has been described. (See Litholapaxy.) When a stone is so fixed in the urethra that it can neither be drawnout nor pushed back, or when it is located in a pocket to one side of theurethra, it must be cut down upon and removed. Incisions made forthis purpose usually heal well. It is better practice, I think, to removethem thus than to try to crush them in situ. Urethral lithotrites workin too confined a space, and are apt to lacerate the surrounding parts. 740 STONE IN THE URETER. IV. STONE IN THE URETER. The st

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