Observations on the diseases and contracted urinary bladder and frequent painful micturition; with some cautions respecting the use of the caustic bougie in the treatment of strictures in the urethra. To which are added, observations on the schirro-contracted rectum. From the second volume of Memoirs of the Medical Society of London ... / [John Sherwen].

  • Sherwen, John.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Observations on the diseases and contracted urinary bladder and frequent painful micturition; with some cautions respecting the use of the caustic bougie in the treatment of strictures in the urethra. To which are added, observations on the schirro-contracted rectum. From the second volume of Memoirs of the Medical Society of London ... / [John Sherwen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / t 33 ] t:omf)lamt wliich he makes is of a loofe*^ nefs. He tries fitiall dofes of rhubarb, which, perhaps, exciting a confiderable difcharge, procure relief; but the caufe remaining, the fymptoms again return. \ ♦ He now tries Colombo root, Jimarouha^ fmall dofes of ipecacuana^ and a variety of me¬ dicines recommended for diarrhoea or dy- fentery. Thefe have little efFe6l, and he continues, in other refpedls, apparently in good health. His appetite is but little impaired ; reiterated fcanty evacuations, amounting in the whole to a fufficient quantity to keep the ftomach eafy, pre« ferve a fort of balance in the inteftinal canal; but, by degrees, the cavity of the gut becomes lefs permeable ; opiates and teftaceous powders have perhaps been had recourfe to, and the frequent needing to ftool abates. The patient and his friends , flatter themfelves that he is getting well. But he now gradually falls off in his ap¬ petite for food. The abfence of ftools is for fome time attributed to this caufe, till the lower part of the abdomen by degrees acquires a remarkable prominency, at- D tended