A review of Mr. Everard Home's Practical observations on the diseases of the prostate gland, and of his important anatomical discovery / by Jessé Foot.

  • Foot, Jesse, 1744-1826.
Date:
1812
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Credit: A review of Mr. Everard Home's Practical observations on the diseases of the prostate gland, and of his important anatomical discovery / by Jessé Foot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ( ^ ) As if this had been too much, then comes ano- ther Discovery — “ It could not (the diminutive stranger) how- ever be satisfactorily separated from the Prostate Gland, nor could any distinct Ducts be found leading to the Bladder/’ P. 11. In order to save appearances, and to provide himself with an apology to any future anatomical inspector and inquisitor that had gone especially in search after this newly-discovered glandular substance, similar to and distinct as Cowper’s Glands, or this middle Lobe so annexed to the Prostate Gland, that dissection cannot separate it, as he has also described it, Mr. Everard Home proceeds to state subsequent Exami- nations. “ A similar Examination was made of this part in five different subjects. The appearance was not exactly the same in any two of them ; in one there was no apparent glandular sub- stance, but a mass of condensed Cellular Mem- brane ; this, however, on being cut into, differed from the surrounding fat. In another there was a Lobe, [not Gland] blended laterally with the sides of the Prostate Gland.” P. 10, One could readily anticipate from the word [however] that the middle Lobe or the Gland would not be found in this research—It was not to be. At