The science of life, or, Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs / by Albert H. Hayes.

Hayes, Albert H. (Albert Hamilton)

Date:: [1868], ©1868

Credit: The science of life, or, Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous and physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence, and sterility, with practical observations on the treatment of diseases of the generative organs / by Albert H. Hayes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$(wMch is the art of curing dinease); and thus, in pro- portion as our system of treatment loses its eniphica] char!icter by being based on scientific principles, will it increase in perfection and success. The organs of the Generative system in man may be divided into external and internal; the former consisting of the testicles and penis; and the latter of the seminal vessels, seminal bladders, and prostate [/lands. The Urinary organs consist of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, all of which are internal except the urethra- We will take the urinary organs first, commencing with the kidneys. The Kidneys {Benes) are two glands lying close upon the muscles of the loins, behind and below the stomach, resembling in form a French beau, and are called con- glomerate glands. Their outer structure is coi lical or glandular; the inner, consisting of minute cells, forming at first into small canals, and afterwards into tubes, ^hich terminate and open into the ureters. The Ureters are long membranous tubes or canals rfhich connect the kidneys with the bladder, and convey the urine, when secreted iu the former, to the latter. There is one to each kidney; sometimes (but rarely) two. The Bladder (Vesica Urinaria) is a raembrAious and muscular bag or pouch, situated in the middle of the pel- vis or basin of the body below the abdomen, and is di- vided into anterior, posterior, and lateral portions, llie lower part of which is called Uie neck, terminating iu the urethra or urinary canal, which is the common exit of the urine from the body. The bladder is composed of four coats or coverings, the external being the peri- toneal (or serous) membrane; the next, the muscular:$