A critical enquiry into the ancient and modern manner of treating the diseases of the urethra. With an improved method of cure / [Jesse Foot].

  • Jesse Foot
Date:
1781
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Credit: A critical enquiry into the ancient and modern manner of treating the diseases of the urethra. With an improved method of cure / [Jesse Foot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    «it, For this purpofe, thofe made of catgut s¢ feem to be moft proper, becaufe, though very “ fmall, they will not foften in the canal by the “heat of the part, as thofe do which are made “ of taffeta or linen. They will likewife {well <‘ with the moifture, which ‘the others will not “do, and by this means, increafing their thick- “‘ nefs, will dilate the paflage without violence * or uneafinels to the patient; in fuch a cafe‘as this, itis fometimes a long while before the «© bougie can’ be paffed as far as the neck of the “ bladder; confequently if it is made of waxed “¢ linen or taffeta, it will be heated and foftened “ fo that it will bend, and not be {tiff enough to. < open the paflage to the neck of the bladder; “but the’ catgut ones are a long time before “‘ they grow foft.” Monf. te Dran has favoured us with four cafes more, and all with the ftrong-: eft recommendations of the above means; neither does he think any other fort of bougie neceflary even to the confirmation of a cure. But as I would not be feen to ftrip the coat of all its lace, I fhall be content with having fhewed the pre- ference and utility of the medicated catgut bou- gie in firft overcoming the obftruétion, and fhall now proceed with a method for effe€ting’a cure. Upon withdrawing a medicated catgut of ‘a large degree,
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