A manual of genito-urinary and venereal diseases / by Bukk G. Carleton ; with Venereal diseases of the eye / by Charles Deady ; and Vesical calculus and external urethrotomy / by Wm. Francis Honan.
- Carleton, Bukk G., 1856-1914
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A manual of genito-urinary and venereal diseases / by Bukk G. Carleton ; with Venereal diseases of the eye / by Charles Deady ; and Vesical calculus and external urethrotomy / by Wm. Francis Honan. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![muco-pus, some uneasiness, with or without increased fre- quency of micturition, and possibly accompanied by a slight burning and smarting, with much mental anxiety from previous experience. Treatment.—Under the appropriate remedy and hygiene the symptoms rapidly disappear and in a few days an ap- parent cure results; they should, however, be warned of the probable condition of their urethra, and after a proper time, when the discharge has abated, a thorough examina- tion of the urethral canal should be instituted and treat- ment directed to the cure of the original lesion so as to prevent future trouble. URETHRITIS.—Etiology.—Traumatism of sufficient duration and intensity [as excessive and prolonged coitus], contact with various discharges, as leucorrhceal, lochial, menstrual, etc., ulceration of the uterus, acid urine, passage of urinary calculi, foreign bodies in and the passage of in- struments through the urethra, colds, etc. Persons of a lymphatic temperament are especially liable to this disorder. This condition is usually associated with some individuality or excess. Clinical History.—In all cases great care must be taken and conclusions must not be jumped at in diagnosing the various urethral inflammations. When in doubt look for the gonococci with the microscope; they appear like little black dots, arranged in pairs, fours, sixes or lines, and may be seen within the pus cells, differing from the urethro coccus. These also resemble black dots, but appear outside of the pus cells and are not arranged regularly. The microscopal examination of a suspected discharge is made as follows: Spread a drop of the fluid over a clean, thin glass cover, hold this by means of a pair of forceps in a current of hot air over an alcohol lamp until dry, then apply a drop of the alcoholic solution of methyl-violet and allow it to flow over the dried discharge; the surplus may be removed by turning the glass with its edge resting on a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21031058_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
