A practical essay on stricture of the rectum ... showing the connexion ... with irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs and of the uterus, with piles, fistula in ano, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon].
- Salmon, Frederick, 1796-1868.
- Date:
- 1828
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A practical essay on stricture of the rectum ... showing the connexion ... with irritation of the lungs, affections of the urinary organs and of the uterus, with piles, fistula in ano, and various constitutional complaints / [Frederick Salmon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CASE V. ——, Esq. age 23.] Sept. 1825.—Had for some months had a profuse discharge from the urethra, originating in a virulent gonorrhea, for which he had taken the usual remedies, to little or no pur- pose. His general health he considered good, though his bowels were somewhat irregular. Treat- ment. LInjectio sinci sulphatis ter in die utenda, fotus communis, oleum ricint pro re natd. In the course of two months he was convalescent. He had not, however, “discontinued his medicine many days, before, without any ostensible cause, the symptoms returned with increased violence, accompanied with acute pain in passing his water, which flowed in a small stream, and with a good deal of difficulty. Suspecting stricture in the urethra, I examined that canal, and discovered three obstructions. Though I introduced the bougie with the utmost possible care, it created considerable hamorrhage. I advised a prosecution of the same treatment as before, and repeated the introduction of the bougie every fourth day, gradually increasing its size; the irritability at the neck of the bladder was ex- treme, and the introduction of each instrument was commonly followed by more or less hemorrhage : this seldom happened at the time of using it, but from six to twelve hours after; to alleviate this](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30357494_0102.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
