Some abnormal conditions of the sexual and pelvic organs, which impair virility / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
[1861?]
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Credit: Some abnormal conditions of the sexual and pelvic organs, which impair virility / by Edward H. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    keep dry feet, body warm, lire I , and int. ■ from several patienta he ha Thii ease ill ■ number; it ia bj far tl In its beginning, it did n< I the patient; like a majority Ol tlie irrita- tion thai produced the inflammation, which finally mad tore, in its frequent place, an inch and a half from the bladder. The patient ily temperate, )>nt liable to chilla and tin^ cau and awelliog of the bl I form the 1 brane of the urethra. A chill ail curred; spasm of the muscles followed; mechanical irrib Med from too long continued i 0 form, the ind nothic • from that, had ii been used ; th . till the m dition was interrupted by dividing the Btricture. Bow far it ill u of the evil results of medical treatment, or of medical consult others to determine The patient has given leave to publish hi ca in the employ of Mr. Becor, ship-builder, of South Brooklyn. C\ Btricture from :i bruise received by falling fi the edge of the tail of a «i :> young man of twenty four, iron machinist I1 iltural pur- suit, ihis young man fell and alighted astride of the tail-board of a wa bruising the urethra and inducing the usual symptoms of stricture: gradual diminution of the stream, first, spiral form, and finally scattering of the sta of urine, often threatened with complete suppression from ch< pira- tion, during his laborious business, lit- - 1 years in this hut contemplating marriage, and being a \> y itious and intcl man, concluded to seek surgical ad\ ice. M v journal, The Scai pn . hai ing fallen into his hands, be was induced to seek my aid; a friend following him I train, and earnestly dissuading him from his rash conclusion, assuring him he would inert his death from BO awful a man, and that the N ral were nothing but executioners. I found the stricture within a couple of inches of the bladder, orjusl wh >n would alight in fall of a board ; a number two Bteel sound would pass with difficulty. This, how- ever, is ample for the Urethrotome I could have divided it at once, but id to bis desire to have a little more opportunity to study hi ner*a habits. In about a week 1 used the Urethral little pain that he laughed at his apprehensions. Tn another week he returned to his home, with several number twelv< which he was directed to ose occasionally. 1 gave him ■ si k, because I believe strictui j from kicks or bruises, must most likely have ulcerated at the time the injur] Inflicted, and that the urethra has been only preserved through the com: cicatrix, in a very irregular form. One incision, therefore, forms a new