Cases illustrative of the treatment of obstructions in the urethra, &c. by the new instrument, the dilator : with further directions, to facilitate its general adoption; also, a case of the extraction of stone from the male bladder without cutting it, by the dilator, with an account of improvements of the method of dissolving stone by injection, and of the common operations of lithotomy / by James Arnott.

  • Arnott, James Moncrieff, 1794-1885.
Date:
1821
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Credit: Cases illustrative of the treatment of obstructions in the urethra, &c. by the new instrument, the dilator : with further directions, to facilitate its general adoption; also, a case of the extraction of stone from the male bladder without cutting it, by the dilator, with an account of improvements of the method of dissolving stone by injection, and of the common operations of lithotomy / by James Arnott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    prevent the chance of injury from the escape ot any part of the solvent, it would be adviseable not to use it very strong*—to keep but a small quantity in the bag—and to have the bag sur- rounded in the bladder with some liquid capable of neutralizing the particular solvent, alkali for an acid, oil for an alkali. An operator about to try this process, would previously reduce the irritability of the bladder, by the double cathe- ter fomentation, or by opium; and, to prevent pain, he would search for the stone in a dis- tended bladder. THIRD METHOD. Removing Stone by Mechanical Attrition. A Colonel of Engineers, in the service of the East India Company, about 30 years ago, re- moved a stone from his bladder by files introduced through the urethra : the operation was very te- dious, but it proves the possibility of the thing. Dr. Darwin described an apparatus, which he conjectured might be used with this intention; but, as he meant to break the stone into dis- tinct portions, the immediate effect would be to increase the number of stones, leaving them too of an irregular form, and in both ways more likely to irritate the bladder, without the cer-