The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ST01TA(JE OF FHINE 189 (1) By an injury to tlie passage, and by falling on or striking tlie crutch. (5) By long-continued exposure to wet or cold. Treatment.—(live the’])atient oO or 40 drops of Ijaudanuni, place him in a bath at 100° Fahr., and keep the water at that tem])erature for a quarter of an hour. The patient will often pass a little water in the Imth, which will give great relief If, however, these means fail, try to introduce a catheter gently into the bladder. llotr to introduce a Catheter.—Make the patient stand up against a bulkhead, and sit down in front of him. Oil the instrument, and hold it like a pen between the fingers of your right hand. The vard of %/ the patient must be held in your left liand, and the instrument gently put into the passage, and pushed steadily on into the bladder. The instrument must b o e y between the fingers, and on no accomit mud any force he used. If any o})stacle be met with, overcome it by steady and moderate piessuie, aud' 'not' hij sudde'V' force. 9 he entrance of the instrument into the bladder is at once shown by a flow' of urine. If you do not succeed after a quarter of an hour’s trial, leave off for a time. A dose of Epsom salts should be given to clear out the bow'els, and afterwuirds another dose of J.iaudanum. If this fail, the w'arm bath should be repeated, and the stricture will generally yield a little, allowu'ng, at all events, a small (piantity of urine to dribble away.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0161.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
