Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd].

  • William Wadd
Date:
1815
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Credit: Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PLATE IX. Represents a thickened bladder, with a pouch formed by the inner membrane, in which were several small cal- culi. The ureters are enlarged, as well as the prostate and verumontanum. The patient was sixty years of age, and for the last four years of his life could not void his urine without the aid of the catheter; which, latterly, required him to leave his bed seven, eight, and even nine times, in the course of the night. He kept some pieces of card, marked to No. 12, one of which he always placed upon his table when he drew off the water, by which, in the morning, he knew the number of times, and the intervals, as the num- ber on the card expressed the hour. My introduction to this gentleman, was on account of a retention of urine in 1803, after he had been under the care of a surgeon for strictures in the urethra, and had submitted to the caustic upwards of ninety times. He was in great dis- tress, from the apprehension that a catheter could not be passed; and, after hearing his history, I expected his fears would be realized. As his bladder was very tense, and could easily be felt above the pubes, I tried the smallest catheter I had with me, that no time might be lost, but without success. He was then put into the warm bath, whilst I went home for smaller instruments. One of these
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