On diseases of the bladder and prostate gland / By William Coulson.

  • William Coulson
Date:
1840
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Credit: On diseases of the bladder and prostate gland / By William Coulson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    strychnia, given three times a day.* In these cases, it is probable that the sphincter vesieae has been injured. In the end of gestation, incontinence of urine is not uncommon, being produced by the pressure of the uterus on the bladder, by which the urine is expelled involuntarily, whenever the woman coughs or moves quickly t at least, she cannot retain much of it, being obliged to void it frequently, though without strangury. For this complaint there is no cure *, and many regard it favourably, as an omen that the child’s head is resting on the os uteii. When the uterus is very pendulous, some advan- tage may, in this respect, be obtained, by support- ing the belly with a proper bandage, attached to the shoulders. Incontinence of urine, resulting from a meie weakness of the neck of the bladder, is common in those who have had very large families, ten or twelve children, for example. In these cases, moie especially if the child is large, or the pelvis small, when the labour has been severe, the bladder is apt to o-et so infirm about the neck, that it loses much o of its retractive power, and, perhaps, from the moment of delivery, the woman is incapable ot retaining the water: or if, any time, she chance to cough, laugh, rise suddenly, or in any other man- ner contract smartly the abdominal muscles, the water comes gushing away. For years this disease may continue in greater or less severity, but it * Med. Gazette for March 16th, 1839.
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