Practical observations on the treatment of the diseases of the prostate gland : illustrated by copper plates / by Everard Home.

  • Everard Home
Date:
1811
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Credit: Practical observations on the treatment of the diseases of the prostate gland : illustrated by copper plates / by Everard Home. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    [S8] particular description unnecessary. Iit.N some cases the left lateral lobe, which I have stated to increase more rapidly, and to a greater extent than the right, projects into the cavity of the bladder nearly in the same degree as the middle lobe, When this happens, it is also larger in a lateral direction, and presents a convex surface to the canal of the urethra. Whether this arises from any peculiarity in 'the left lobe, or is only an accidental circumstance* I am unable to determine; but it is deserv- ing of notice that I have never met with the same circumstance in the right lobe. Where the middle and left lobe both project considerably into the bladder, their surface is sometimes excoriated, and has the appearance of being ulcerated^ as is seen in the representation Plates XI. and XIL When this happens, the pain that occurs after passing the,last drops of urine, is very severe, and is attended with, spasmo- dic affections of the neck of the bladder, of the most distressing kind, which will bw»