Diseases of the bladder and prostate and obscure affections of the urinary organs : with diagrams illustrating the author's treatment of stone without cutting and numerous cases of speedy and permanent cure with the spray treatment given up as chronic and "incurable" / by David Jones.
- David Jones
- Date:
- 1892
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Diseases of the bladder and prostate and obscure affections of the urinary organs : with diagrams illustrating the author's treatment of stone without cutting and numerous cases of speedy and permanent cure with the spray treatment given up as chronic and "incurable" / by David Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![3°9 and derangement of the digestive organs and general ^rijjj^nd ill-health. Discouraged and despairing (as he said), he j**^1 ,u resolved to leave things to nature, and he suffered on more or less for many years, during which time serious symptoms in connection with the bladder were present- ing themselves. To use his own words, he was worried with discharge and difficulty in passing water. The stream became twisted, and sometimes it would splutter in all directions as water coming out of a watering pot. Eventually he could pass no stream at all—there was Complete ..... obstruction. complete obstruction, and the urine dribbled involun- tarily night and day—had to wear flannel and other contrivances to absorb the urine as it dribbled away. Though shuddering to think of consulting another doctor, his sufferings, nevertheless, led him to call in a neighbouring practitioner, who, he says, treated him Roughtreat- t 1 1 M • 1** MlOIlt. very roughly while attempting to pass his instruments and made him bleed considerably. At this juncture he was recommended by a friend to send for the writer as Recommen- 3 ded to the one who never used violence. Accordingly the writer writer, was sent for. The patient was in a deplorable condition when first seen. Most tender treatment was essential. The smallest French bougie could not be introduced without occasioning rigors followed by fever. The flow of urine became less and less, and ultimately stopped entirely, and the bladder became greatly distended. To give temporary relief, the bladder had to be punctured and aspirated three times, and in the intervals attempts were Dilatation, made to dilate the urethra. A very fine French bougie was ultimately introduced and retained in the canal. At the end of ten days some progress had been made. The parts were beginning to resume lost function. As the bou- gies increased in size, the meatus (the narrowest part of the canal) had to be freely divided. Long continued treat- ment was called for and gradually pursued till No. 38 French bougie was reached. [No. 1 French is about the size of a small bristle, No. 38 about the circumference of a lady's finger (if in.) This will give the reader an idea of the amount of dilatation carried on]. As the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20416957_0389.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
