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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    [37] spasm is overcome; in producing this ef- fect, their power of action is weakened, and as soon as the distress is removed, no fur- ther effort is made, and the spasm returns; in this way the bladder goes on gradually be- coming more dilated without any symptom occurring to explain what is taking place; the patient makes water, but it is in small quan- tities, and there is a constant uneasiness referred to the bowels, or some other part. In a case of this kind, I was consulted about a tumor in the abdomen, supposed to be an abscess, requiring to be opened ; upon drawing off the water, the quantity ex- ceeded two quarts, and the tumor was found to have been formed entirely by the dis- tended bladder. In an instance of this kind, the case was mistaken for a dropsy of the cavity of the abdomen, and Mr. Hunter was employed, not to give an opinion, but to tap the patient in the usual way. He performed the oper- ation, but from the smell of the fluid, found out at once the mistake, which had been
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