A case of large secondary prostatic calculus, removed by perinæal incision / by T. Herbert Barker.

  • Barker, T. Herbert (Thomas Herbert), 1814-1865.
Date:
1847
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Credit: A case of large secondary prostatic calculus, removed by perinæal incision / by T. Herbert Barker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. Since the accompanying case was printed I have examined the calculi referred to by Professor Owen and Dr. Golding Bird, in the Himterian Museum and Guy's Hospital. Of the identity of the calculus removed from my patient, with the quadrifid specimen at the College of Surgeons, (No. H. 13,) there can be no doubt; the pieces are co-adapted by similar smooth conchoidal surfaces, and then* general appearance is the same. Two of the pieces in the College specimen are channelled at then* upper surface by the urine; they are well figured in Plate VIII. of the published catalogue. The specimen (No. 2148) is thus explained in the catalogue of the valuable collection at Guy's Hospital:— Two calculi, com- posed of phosphate of lime; the one large, the other small. The latter has a smooth polished convex surface, fitted by attrition to a corresponding smooth concave surface on the former: weight 257 -i3i^th grains. Removed by Sir Astley Cooper; analysed by Dr. Babington. This stone is of a whiter colour, and appears to be less dense and somewhat more porous in some parts; the section of the large piece has also a slightly laminated appearance. In the fourth volume (page 103) of Dr. Banking's Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences, a case is described in which M. Lenoir, of Paris, caused the escape of about fifteen small calculi by pressure upon the prostate. They were of a dark yellow colour, and presented facet surfaces; when burnt they gave a decided animal odour. A few months later the patient was again sent to Paris, under the idea that he was suffering from vesical calculus, and a number of small stones were again emitted