A probationary essay on the formation and solution of urinary calculi / [John Murray].

  • Murray, John, 1798-1873.
Date:
1826
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Credit: A probationary essay on the formation and solution of urinary calculi / [John Murray]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be given, even by the mouth, only in doses of 20 or 30 drops, of which a very small portion only could reach the bladder. Here, on the contrary, 23 drops of acid were at once brought to act on the calculus for an hour, without pain or injury, in a case also of peculiarly severe disease. If, in such an instance. Dr Marcet found reason to approve of the effects of the injection, what might not be expected in milder cases, when the method has been developed and improved, by experience and observation. It is obvious that the method of Fourcroy, which I have thus described, ought to be em¬ ployed with the greatest caution. It must not be concealed, that fatal accidents have happened to the bladder, from the use of too concentrated leys; and it is possible that such accidents may have excited a prejudice against the plan. No¬ thing can be more groundless, however, than such a prejudice. Is it not in the power of every ope¬ rator to inject solutions of any degree of strength that he may think proper, and increase their power as slowly and as gradually as he pleases ? Was the safety of the patient, who bore 23 drops of muriatic acid without inconvenience, at all en-
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