A practical essay on stricture of the rectum; illustrated by cases, showing the connexion of that disease with affections of the urinary organs and the uterus, with piles, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon].

  • Salmon, Frederick, 1796-1868.
Date:
1828
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Credit: A practical essay on stricture of the rectum; illustrated by cases, showing the connexion of that disease with affections of the urinary organs and the uterus, with piles, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    urinary organs was so great, that the patient was compelled to pass his water every two or three hours, in doing which he experienced severe dif- ficulty and pain. I here suspected obstruction in the urethra, and in consequence introduced a bougie into that canal, which only aggravated his sufferings, yet I encountered no symptom of dis- ease, save extreme tenderness at the prostatic part of the canal. The collection in the rectum before alluded to, aggravated by an enlarged and distended state of the colon, pressing upon the kidneys, derange their function, giving rise to unhealthy secretion, whence may originate the formation of calculi: so, likewise, the irritation propagated to the canal of the urethra, may promote either morbid dis- charges, or the momentous malady of stricture. That these various effects may result from the same cause, is illustrated by the following Cases. CASE LI. Mr. , age 29.] Oct. 22, 1823.—Applied to me on account of a long existing gleet, connected with stricture in the urethra. He was otherwise much out of health, having frequent pains in the head, and in the pit of the stomach after eating; he suffered from loss of appetite, and