Medical adviser & marriage guide : representing all the diseases of the genital organs of the male and female / by M. Larmont.

  • Larmont, M. (Martin)
Date:
1864
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Credit: Medical adviser & marriage guide : representing all the diseases of the genital organs of the male and female / by M. Larmont. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    Jjwfaw io % 301Ij $biiicm. The rapid Bale of the previous editions of the MnnrCAr iJ»- TISEB am) Marriage Guipb, has induced the Auth( / to revise and enlarge the work, to render it still more a inac- tive and useful 10 an intelligent and appreciative publii*. In the department of illustrations, many new and be: :iti- ful additions hav • been made, and the entire n arrangci lent of Hi-.- plates and figures to give the most convenient and comp in ly the reader. A larger num- ber of pages have been added than a superficial inspection would seem to indicate, from the fact that vacant pages, and parts of pages, have been filled with interesting cases and other important information. It is not generally known, that irritation or chronic in- flammation of the mucous surfaces of the bladder and kidneys, give rise to severe, painful, and often dangerous and even fatal diseases. Enlargement and inflammation of the prostate gland, also. when neglected, result in protracted and distressing affec- tions of the genito-urinary apparatus. These affections of the kidneys, bladder, and prostate gland, give rist^to many of the alarming symptoms of 6tone in the bladder (Gravel), but unlike that melancholy condition, are not only perfectly, but speedily curable by us. During the past few years, the large increase in the appli- cations for treatment to us of such patients, has enabled US to profit by extensive observation, as is proved by the large number of such patients discharged cured annually. We wish, in this brief space, to call the attention of the afflicted to the condition of their urine. Healthy urine is a clear, pale amber colored fluid. If, on collecting the first urine voided in the morning in a clean bottle, there is a sediment of white or of a pinkish color, or a cloudy appear- ance, on settling and becoming cool, it is an evidence of a diseased condition of the genito-urinary system, of a more or less grave character, and should excite prompt attention to the matter by the patient. In the true diagnosis of these diseases, we are greatly in- debted to the microscopic and chemical analysis, without which aid it is often impossible to form an accurate judg- ment
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