Lithotrity and lithotomy compared : being an analytical examination of the present methods of treating stone in the bladder, with suggestions for rendering lithotrity applicable to the disease in almost all its stages and varieties, and remarks on the general treatment of gravel and stone / by Thomas King.

  • King, Thomas, 1802-1839.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Lithotrity and lithotomy compared : being an analytical examination of the present methods of treating stone in the bladder, with suggestions for rendering lithotrity applicable to the disease in almost all its stages and varieties, and remarks on the general treatment of gravel and stone / by Thomas King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    or, the superficial artery of the perinaeum. This is a very important artery; it does not always arise at the same point, but is always large at its origin. It runs obliquely forward towards the scrotum, diminishing rapidly in volume as branches emanate from it, in the depression between the ischio and bulbo-cavernosi muscles^ covered by the superficial perinaeal fascia towards the sur- face, and by the transversus perinaei muscle on its pelvic aspect. The perinaeal artery sends branches to all the surrounding parts : some, which go to the rectum, have been called hemorrhoi- dales inferiores ; and one, running rather transversely, which is sometimes furnished by the trunk of the internal pudic, is termed the transversa perinaei superficialis. After furnishing this branch, the main trunk of the internal pudic artery continues its course under the obturator fascia, running on the pelvic surface of the transversus peri- naei muscle and concealed by the ischio-ca-