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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    [35] in its inflamed state, throws off a discharge like shreds, which are seen floating in the urine; these are small filamentous portions of coagulable lymph. This is changed, ' when the inflammation increases, to a pow- der, which when deposited at the bottom of the vessel, looks not unlike white hair powder; and when there is a violent par- oxysm of irritation, perfectly formed pus is met with in the urine. This too is secreted from the surface of the internal membrane, for I have examined the blad- der after death, when during the patient's life great quantities of this matter had been discharged, and yet this membrane was every where entire. As the inflammation subsides, whether from habit, or from the treatment em- ployed, the coats of the bladder admit of be- ing further distended than before, so that a larger quantity of water is allowed to re- main in the bladder without bringing on symptoms of distress; this is attended with a disadvantage, for there is not the