The modern treatment of stone in the bladder by litholapaxy : a description of the operation and instruments with cases illustrative of the difficulties and complications met with / by P.J. Freyer.

  • Freyer, P. J. (Peter Johnston), Sir, 1851-1921.
Date:
1886
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Credit: The modern treatment of stone in the bladder by litholapaxy : a description of the operation and instruments with cases illustrative of the difficulties and complications met with / by P.J. Freyer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of an elastic bulb, or central portion, to the lower extremity of which is attached a removable cylindrical glass-receiver; whilst from its upper part passes an india-rubber tube, the end of which fits on to the evacuating catheter previously introduced into the bladder. The apparatus, previously filled with water, acts as a kind of syphon. By alternate compression and expansion of the bulb, the water is pumped into, and withdrawn from, the bladder, and the debris,