A memoir on stricture of the urethra / by John P. Mettauer.

  • Mettauer, John Peter, 1787-1875.
Date:
1849
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    PREFACE. a com- In preparing this memoir, the design is not to present plete history of stricture, nor of the methods generally in use for its cure. The object, contemplated, is merely to exhibit the modes of operating adopted by myself, with an account of the in- struments I have generally employed, some of which are original with me as far as I know to the contrary. Nor is it pretended that 1 have advanced new principles for the treatment of stricture. All that I claim under this head is the application of long esta- blished ones, in somewhat a new light, making them conform in some degree to the improvements of surgical principles of the present enlightened age. . . As far as the history of stricture extends I believe it is correct, as extensive personal intercourse with the disease has mainly con- tributed the facts from which it is drawn: it is however brief. The modes of operating, as well as most of the instruments I have employed, were adopted, now more than twenty years since. In only one or two instances have I derived a hint from my pre- decessors, or contemporaries in the construction of my instruments. It will be perceived that I have adopted the idea of Dr. Pnysick a stricture lancet, in the formation of the one I employ ; though mine differs materially from the one employed by that distinguish- ed surgeon. I also employ sounds for the exploration of stricture, formed upon the plan of Sir Charles Bell's ' balls/ for the same purpose. . . ,. In conclusion, I will state, that this memoir is a compendious abstract of my individual experience, in the treatment of stric- tures of the urethra, and it is only presented to the medical pro- fession as such. Medical Department of Randolph Macon College, i Prince Edward C. H., Virginia, April 28th, 1&49. 3