A probationary essay on the morbid anatomy of the urinary bladder / [David Clark].

  • Clark, David.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A probationary essay on the morbid anatomy of the urinary bladder / [David Clark]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / from those large ones situated in the loose cellular substance at the neck on the outside. Haemorrhage from the vessels of the bladder, may be the consequence of wounds, falls, or blows on the belly, or perineum; it has been considered as a thing to be wished for, in certain' circumstances, as in cystitis, hae¬ morrhoids, &c. ^ I should rather suppose that it should be prevented by all possible means, as a highly dangerous affection, and one which is not easily commanded, as the outlines of a case which occurred to an emi¬ nent practitioner here v/ill shew, f Catheters having been employed to dilate a stricture, after their use had been persevered in for some time, and the stricture nearly cured with¬ out any difficulty having been experienced, or an unpleasant symptom having previous¬ ly taken place, blood was observed to come away with them, after one of the insertions ; this increasing and coao'ulatino' in the blad- ^ o o o Portal Cours, etc. tom. v. p. 411. See likewise Howship on Diseases of the Urinary Organs, page 60. In this case, the coagulum filled the whole bladder, and was the immediate cause of death. 9