On the immediate treatment of stricture of the urethra : by the employment of the stricture dilator / by Barnard Holt.

  • Holt, Barnard Wight, 1816-1890.
Date:
1863
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the immediate treatment of stricture of the urethra : by the employment of the stricture dilator / by Barnard Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

    67/166 page 49
    CASE XIV. George R, set. 42, a coachman, was sent to me by Mr. Hemming, of Kimbolton, in May, 1863. He states that for twelve years he has been suffering from the effects of stricture, with increasing difficulty in micturition; that in ] 854 he was an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital. The surgeon under whose care he was placed having had considerable difficulty in passing a No. 1 catheter, this was retained and replaced from time to time by others, until a No. 11 could be easily passed, when, believing himself well, he returned to the country. But the stricture re-contracted at once, and in 1858 he became an in-patient of St. Bartholo- mew's ; various attempts were made to pass a catheter, but without success, each attempt being followed by stricture fever. His health being much shattered, he returned to the coun- try, passing his urine in the smallest stream, and occavsionally by drops. In 1862, after great straining, the urethra gave way behind the stricture, and he became the subject of infiltration of urine; matter formed, and the abscess burst, leaving an opening in the E
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3