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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    where it is possible to introduce an instrument through the obstruction. Had caustic been applied, supposing the most favourable progress of the cure, and an exemption from every acci- dent so frequently arising from this ungovern- able remedy, the cure would have probably required, at a much greater expence of ease, a very much longer period. Instead of remaining quietly at home, a restraint which this plan of cure, by caustic, commonly exacts, the subject of the above case continued his usual pursuits with slight restriction. CASE III. Common Case of Stricture treated by the quick Action of the Dilator. A young man applied to me for the cure of a gleet and some difficulty and pain in making urine, which he had to do more frequently than usual. These symptoms had existed for about a year, and he attributed them to an obstinate gonorrhoea he was affected with two years before, and for which he had taken large quantities of cubebs. On examining his urethra I discovered a stricture at the usual seat of six inches from the orilice, through which a No. 7 bougie could.