On the removal of stone from the bladder : without the use of cutting instruments ; : containing a general review of the subject ; : together with a description and plates of the instruments invented by Dr. Civiale and others, and details as to the mode of using them / by H. G. Belinaye.
- Belinaye, Henry George.
- Date:
- MDCCCXXV. [1825]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: On the removal of stone from the bladder : without the use of cutting instruments ; : containing a general review of the subject ; : together with a description and plates of the instruments invented by Dr. Civiale and others, and details as to the mode of using them / by H. G. Belinaye. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![40 bated, like the former, by alkalies ; medicines which, even when contra indicated, produce a very great effect in reducing the local irritation of the bladder. Dr. Prout has advocated the use of the muriatic and vegetable acids in this form of calculous disease ; and we must refer to his ingenious arguments for explanations of his rea- sons*. Here again care must he taken to lull the patient’s sufferings with anodynes, and to regulate his diet and exercise. To antagonize the phospbatic diathesis, and to dissolve, if possible, the stone that is formed by it, the muriatic and sulphuric acids, and, when the patient’s stomach cannot endure these, the carbonic acid, have been beneficially adminis- tered ; as well as the citric acid by many physi- cians. To favour the effect of these, the acidulous wines of France and Germany, as also such acid beverage as cider, perry, &c. are recommended. The patient labouring under the phosphatic dia- thesis, requires generally a great deal of artificial support; and tonics and bitters must frequently be administered, and he must also occasionally eat animal food at his repasts. Opiates will be i « Vide Dr. Prout’s work, p. ] 6'0. E](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21305808_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
