The anatomy and diseases of the prostate gland / by John Adams.

  • Adams, John, 1806-1877.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The anatomy and diseases of the prostate gland / by John Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    sudden suppression of the secretion of the skin, sup- pressed eruptions and gout, all may induce pros- tatitis of an acute form, especially if the gland has been before the subject of chronic disease. One of the most severe cases I ever saw, occurred in a gen- tleman of 27 years of age, who had had for some time a continued slight gleety discharge from the urethra, the result of a clap caught a long time prior to the attack now alluded to. The case affords so good an illustration of the mode of attack and symptoms of the disease, that I shall briefly describe it. This gentle- man had been shooting on the day previous to the attack, and had been exposed to wet, especially about his legs and feet; he had worn a pair of Mac- kintosh gaiters which confined the perspiration to such a degree that, when they were removed, steam arose from his legs as if he had been immersed in a vapour bath. He complained immediately afterwards of being unwell, and of great chilliness, and towards evening had an attack of shivering. He suffered at first no pain in the region of the bladder or the urethra, but on the following day, he had some uneasiness in the perinaeum and rectum, with a frequent desire to pass water, and some difficulty in accomplishing this. He was attacked with fever with its usual accom- panying signs, and consulted a physician, who treated him for this, at the same time directing his attention to the bladder, as the probable source of the mischief: by his direction some leeches were applied to the perinaeum. Tn consequence of the continued frequent desire to micturate, and the difficulty of passing his