Introduction to a discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the bladder / by Reginald Harrison.

  • Reginald Harrison
Date:
1885
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Credit: Introduction to a discussion on the diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the bladder / by Reginald Harrison. 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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    The nearest approach to such a proceeding seems to be one recorded by Mr. Henry Morris,* who, failing on the first attempt to remove a growth in consequence of the want of the most appropriate means for extraction, the patient was left for two days, when the tumor was found pro- lapsed into the wound. Having stretched the edges of the wound apart by retractors, he succeeded in placing a ligature of catgut over the base of the growth and removing it with scissors. The patient made a good recovery. When, after the bladder has been opened and explored, it seems practicable to remove the tumor, this should be ejBfected as completely as possible ; to take away a portion of it is to leave the remainder to inflame, suppurate, and possibly to become gangrenous, thus providing a fruitful cause for pyelitis, through the largely dilated ureters. Not being entirely satisfied with the forceps that hitherto have been used for the purpose of seizing and extracting these growths, I have had some others made for me by Messrs. Krohne & Sesemann, which, so far as I have been able to judge of them in practice, are well adapted for this object. * The Lancet, April 2], 1884.
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