Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics : for students and practitioners / by H. Macnaughton Jones.

  • Macnaughton-Jones, H. (Henry), 1844-1918.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Practical manual of diseases of women and uterine therapeutics : for students and practitioners / by H. Macnaughton Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this latter must be carefully avoided. The line on the vaginal side is a third more than that on the urethral— this extension being mainly on the vesical side of the in- cision. Through the incision thus made we can explore the urethra and the entrance to the bladder. If this is our sole object, we close the wound immediately after by Scissors. Fig. 330.—Emmet’s Button- hole Opening. passing sutures, which include the urethral mucous mem- brane, and pass from one side of the wound to the other, the lips being well everted by a tenaculum. The patient is kept in bed for over a week, and the passage of a catheter is avoided if possible. On the other hand if our object be to maintain the