Account of the history and dissection of a case of malformation of the urinary bladder, with remarks / by Andrew Melville M'Whinnie.

  • McWhinnie, Andrew Melville, 1807 or 1808-1866.
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[1850]
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Credit: Account of the history and dissection of a case of malformation of the urinary bladder, with remarks / by Andrew Melville M'Whinnie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [From the London Medical Gazette.] ACCOFNT OP THE HISTORY AND DISSKCTION OF A CASE OF MALFOEMATION of the URINAEY BLADDER, with eemaeks. By a. Meithus M'Whinnie, F.E.C.S. &c. Of all instances in which an an'cst of development of parts lias takeu i)lace during human foetal hfe, none surpasses in interest or importance that wliich affects the genito-urinaiy organs; for, inasmuch as the malfonnation is in great measure confined to the bladder and urethra, the sufferer fi-om such structural defect may attain mature age —in the great majonty of instances sexually incapacitated—a bm'den to Jiimselt, and repvdsive to those ai-ound. Tn my case-book I find notes of two instances, in paiticular, of the devia Fi&. 1. tion from the natural condition of the urinary bladder, to which the names of Ectopia, Ectrophia, Prolapsus, Inversio and Exti'oversio Vesicae, have been given, and which, from their having been for many yeai'S under observation, may perhaps be deemed the more de- serving of being placed on record : they were both in St. Bartholomew's Hospi- tal, under the care of my friend, the late Mr. Earle, and were, as far as I am informed, not only the first that oc- cim'ed in tliat institution, in which any attempt was made to ameliorate perma nently their condition, but also those in which some of the eaiiiest experiments were j)erformed to determine the period requiied for substances introduced into the stomach to be detected in the urine. Of these cases, the fu'st is that of a girl who, when brought under oiu' no- tice, was about 13 years of age, and at- tended as an out-door patient. The annexed Fig. 1 is from a drawing made at the time.
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