Lithotomy and extraction of stone from the bladder, urethra, and prostate of the male and from the bladder of the female / by W. Poulett Harris.

  • Harris, Worsley Poulett.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Lithotomy and extraction of stone from the bladder, urethra, and prostate of the male and from the bladder of the female / by W. Poulett Harris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CAUSES OF URINARY CALCULI / Hospital, who is of opinion that the local influences i which contribute to renal and vesical calculus in Norfolk are the universal consumption of malt liquors, the constant daily use of exceedingly hard I drinking water, and the accumulated effect of * hereditary predisposition. I As the exciting causes act by leading to the Nucleus, aggregation of the particles of gravel, the manner iin which this takes place and other matters connected with the formation of the nucleus will r| first be dwelt upon. Dr Beale’s views on the formation of the Dr Beale’s views. f nucleus is that in many cases it is a microscopic i calculus, and that it depends on the concentration I of the fluids of the body leading to the deposition I of the least soluble substances in a solid form ; and » he supports this opinion by the frequency of J cases of calculous disease in those who have j suffered from cholera. Microscopic calculi are also found in cases of [< phosphate-of-lime calculi which occur in the t; kidney, Beale says, “ mixed with a considerable r| quantity of pulverulent matter like fine sand. I: Each particle of this is found, upon microscopical ^ examination, to consist of a minute calculus, con- 1. taining a certain quantity of organic matter, ! probably mucus and disintegrated epithelium, for its nucleus.” This author says :—“ Any solid matter may