Surgery : its theory and practice / by William Johnson Walsham.
- William Walsham
- Date:
- 1890
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Surgery : its theory and practice / by William Johnson Walsham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
791/902 page 775
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Surgery : its theory and practice / by William Johnson Walsham. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![the cannula in situ with suitable tapes. Do not plug tho cannula, but fix an india-rubber tube on its end and con- vey this to a vessel beneath the bed. Diseases of the Genit.vi. Organs. diseases of tub penis. Pahaphimosis is the strangulation of the glans penis bj' a tight prepuce which has been di-awn back over it, and cannot be replaced. Thus, it is not infrequently met with in boys, from the accidental ujicovoring of the glans and Fio. 298.—Method of dividing the stricture in paraphimosis. (Bryant's Surgery.) neglect to di-aw tho prepuce forward again. In adults it is generally due to swelling, caused by gonorihoea or venereal sores, but it may occasionally occur- during coitus. It is attended with great oedema of tho glans and prepuce, and if not soon reduced may lead to ulceration at the line of constriction or oven to sloughing of tho penis. Treatment.—Seize tho penis between the iirst and second fingers of each hand, press the blood and oedema out of the glans with tho thumbs, and at the same time push the glans backwards and try to dra,w the pre]3uco forwards over it. If this fails, divide with a knife (Fig. 298) the constricting band, which lies just behind the fold of ccdematous prepuce at tho bottom of the furrow on tho dorsum of the penis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20418115_0791.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
