Practical observations on strictures of the urethra : with cases illustrative of the comparative merits of the caustic and common bougie : also Remarks on fistula in ano, and an improved method of treating Tinea capitis with annexed cases / by Thomas Luxmoore.

  • Luxmoore, Thomas, 1774-1824.
Date:
1809
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Credit: Practical observations on strictures of the urethra : with cases illustrative of the comparative merits of the caustic and common bougie : also Remarks on fistula in ano, and an improved method of treating Tinea capitis with annexed cases / by Thomas Luxmoore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    INTRODUCTION. ! (’ ' J - V J i O i - •# O )> * *-4 «• Diseases of the urethra and bladder, form one of the most im- , portant objects ofSurgery* They are highly alarming and painful to the patient, and require the ut- most skill and experience in the practitioner to afford relief* Of late years* many volumes have been produced on this interesting subject* The treatment of these complaints was, for a length of time, one of the chief opprobria of the profession* Modern Surgery, has, however, in a great degree, removed this, although not so completely as could be wished; B