Clinical aspect of the enlarged prostate : with a review of 67 cases / by James N. Vander Veer.

  • Vander Veer, James N., 1877-1937.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Clinical aspect of the enlarged prostate : with a review of 67 cases / by James N. Vander Veer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    By JAMES N. VANDER VEER, M D. THE presentation of this paper to-day con- cerns 67 cases occurring in our practice within the last six years, of which accurate records have been obtained in 41 cases, and the facts which will be brought before you bear directly upon this sequence. If I can impress upon the general practitioners here present the necessity of a closer study and determination of the conditions present in the enlarged prostate, and can induce them the more to bring such cases under the eye of the surgeon at an earlier period, I will have deemed my duty well done. I judge that most of you are familiar, in a general way, with the anatomy of the gland, and bearing upon this subject I would simply recall, in general, to your mind that it is a very im- portant organ, from a negative standpoint, after enlargement of the same has commenced, so far as the well-being of the patient is concerned. Composed of bundles of muscle fibres sur- rounding the outlet to the bladder, one can •Read before the Third District Branch of the Medical Society of the State of New York, Troy, October 27, 1908. •From the services of Dr. Albert Vander Veer, Dr. Edgar A. Vander Veer and Dr. James N. Vander Veer, Albany, N. Y.