A memoir on stricture of the urethra / by John P. Mettauer.

  • John Peter Mettauer
Date:
1849
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Credit: A memoir on stricture of the urethra / by John P. Mettauer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To THOMAS D. MUTTER, M. D., Professor of Surgery in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. My I)car Sir : Although personally unknown to you, I have taken the liberty of inscribing to you thi.3 Memoir on Stricture of the Urethra. The distinguished position you now occupy as a Surgeon, and Teach- er ; your important additions to our stock of Surgical knowledge; the disinterested and magnanimous liberality you have always manifested in awarding merit to your brethren; to say nothing of your Virginianism, and elevated character as a gentleman, justly entitle you to my confidence as the patron of this contribution to Surgery though humble it be. Like yourself I have devoted tbe best energies of life to my profession. The subject treated of in this paper has ever been one of absorbing interest with me ; and my early attention was direct- ed to its deliberate study, because I regarded it as imperfectly un- stood by the profession, although of paramount importance to life and its comforts. I do not know that you will approve of the doctrines and modes of treatment 1 have advocated; but I am sure they will not be hastily rejected by you. And if they prove as useful in your hands, in mitigating human suffering, as they have uniformly done in mine, 1 dare believe you will both approve of, and adopt them. Wishing many years may yet be added to your useful life, I I take much pleasure in subscribing myself your fellow citizen, and friend, most faithfully. JNO. P. METTAUER. Medical Department of Randolph Macon) College, Virginia, April 28th, 1849. j **