A study of rupture of the bladder : with some experiments bearing upon the closure of the vesical wound / by Alex. W. Stein.

  • Stein, Alexander W., 1841-1897
Date:
1882
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Credit: A study of rupture of the bladder : with some experiments bearing upon the closure of the vesical wound / by Alex. W. Stein. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Sasie, set. 75, catarrh of bladder, distention, symptoms of rupture. Death on fifth day, prostate double normal size with centric hypertrophy. Intraperitoneal rupture ; another incomplete rupture near by. Tanchon, set. 70, retention thirty-six hours, peritonitis ; death in four days. Prostate hard, as large as a hen’s egg ; behind vesical neck two small polypi. Intraperitoneal rup- ture. Mercier, hypertrophied prostate, ulceration of bladder, rupture intraperitoneal. Field, set. 72, retention and dribbling. Prostate enlarged three or four times normal size. Intraperitoneal rupture. Warren, set. 67. Had for years attacks of retention de- pending on enlarged prostate. Last attack existed for days. Symptoms of peritonitis. Death. Prostate very much hyper- trophied. Intraperitoneal rupture. Amussat is said to have had a case in which the accident arose from enlarged prostate. PARTURITION. The bladder has been ruptured in consequence of parturi- tion with and without instrumental delivery, a fact to be remembered in always keeping the bladder empty during the progress of labor. Hey, set. 38. First confinement, delivered of a dead child after rather a protracted labor. Symptoms before and after confinement were those of retention with overflow. On the fourth day after delivery as she was raising herself up she felt something crack at her naval, and the pain became imme- diately severe about that part. Died on the fourth day after the accident. Rupture at fundus, bladder sound. Bedingeield, set. 36. Delivered of seventh child after an easy and natural labor of about two hours ; twelve hours after delivery her symptoms commenced. Died on the fourth day after delivery. Intra- and extra-peritoneal rupture at fundus.
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