The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence / by R. Ultzmann ; tr. by Gardner W. Allen.

  • Robert Ultzmann
Date:
1890
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Credit: The neuroses of the genito-urinary system in the male : with sterility and impotence / by R. Ultzmann ; tr. by Gardner W. Allen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    the catheter is in the membranous portion, all the fluid can be injected through the prostatic urethra without difficulty, since the catheter is already partly within the external sphincter, which therefore offers no resist- ance. If the point of the catheter, however, reaches only the bulbous portion, then the fluid can- not be driven through the prostatic portion even un- der strong pressure; it will either flow out beside the catheter, or will pain- fully distend the urethra. These injections through the prostatic urethra should be given once every day, or, at least, every other day. For the first and second injection I use 100 grammes (a syringe full) of a 1-4 to 1-2 per cent, solution of carbolic acid, then I change to a 1-2 per cent, [sulphate of ] zinc solu- tion ; and, as soon as the patients bear the injection well, I increase Fig. 4. — Ultzmann'a Svringe-catheter.