A treatise on the formation, constituents and extraction of the urinary calculus; being the essay for which the Jacksonian Prize for ... 1833 was awarded / by John Green Crosse.

  • Cross, John, 1790-1850.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on the formation, constituents and extraction of the urinary calculus; being the essay for which the Jacksonian Prize for ... 1833 was awarded / by John Green Crosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PLATE XVI. -♦- Fig. 1. Bladder of a middle-aged man, shewing the fatal effects of stricture and stone—(a, a,) corpora cavernosa penis divided—(b, b,) sinuses in the left corpus cavernosum, communicating with a perinseal fistula—(c) spongy portion of the urethra, laid open by the division of the corpora cavernosa—(d) a stricture imme. diately behind the bulb—(e, e,) membranous bands, forming a firm net-work across the dilated portion of urethra, behind the stricture—(f, f, f,) refer to several open¬ ings in this net-work, behind one of which a lithic-acid calculus is lodged, which is v isible at the opening (g)—the prostatic portion of urethra is marked (h,) and (i, i, i, i,) are pieces of quill, holding out the opened urethra and stretching the net work—(k, k, k, k,) the outer surface of the bladder—(1, 1,) the coats of the bladder, from half to three quarters of an inch thick, cut through in the removal of the anterior part of the organ, to shew its oblong narrow cavity (m, m,) corres¬ ponding very accurately to the singular calculus, represented in plate i, fig. 10, and which was lodged in it. The lining membrane of the bladder is almost disor¬ ganized, being loose, flocculent, and covered in some places with adherent lymph There were extensive perinseal fistulas, the communication of which with the mem¬ branous part of the urethra, immediately behind the stricture (d,) is concealed by the net-work of finely organized substance extending across that part of the passage. Fig. 2. The bladder of an aged man, with a large steatomatous tumour, situated at the neck of the bladder and behind the prostate gland. The smooth egg-like calculus, represented in fig. 7, plate i, was contained in this bladder—(a) prostate gland— (b) a bougie, passed through the prostatic urethra, and appearing in the bladder at (c)—(d, d, d,) the divided coats of bladder, one half being removed—(e) the spacious cavity of the bladder—(f) the left ureter, into which a small bougie (g) is passed, which appears in the bladder at (h)—(i, i,) the large steatomatous tumour, situated between the bladder and rectum, and projecting into the cavity of