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 XV. i • ■ * '■/.')'« ’ — # • / • . . • * I * C ■ * i : l ; V . v y» i* Fungus from the surface of the testis, for which no other cause could be discovered but irritation in the urethra. - ' : • ( ... ’ ■ The circumstances of the case were briefly these.—* The patient, a middle aged man, accustomed to free habits- of living, had been twice under my care for venereal com- plaints, and previously, at different times, under the neces- sity of applying to an eminent surgeon in Dublin for the cure of gonorrhoea. In August 1813 he called to ask my advice for a disease of his testicle, and shewed me a fungus excrescence which projected from the upper part of it. The testicle was considerably enlarged, as far as could be ascertained by comparison with the other, which, though healthy, was much smaller than the medium size of that gland in most other men. In the course of my acquaintance with him, he had frequently mentioned a difficulty in voiding his urine, and his intention of having the urethra examined; I had there- fore no hesitation in proposing it to him under these cir- cumstances, and stated the possibility that all his com- plaints might arise from the irritation of the urethra. On passing a bougie, the urethra proved so extremely