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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