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.
Date:
[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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    of t]iepassa{Te of some foreign substance through the kidneys, and on some points connected with the excretion of the urine. Tlie satisfactoiy result of these observations, there recorded, is well known, and renders unnecessary the further recital of those which were made in the present cases.* At the lower pai*t of tlie abdomen was the same soft, pul])y; florid and vascular swelling, as is represented in the di'aw- ing of the case of the female, formed by the protinded mucous surface of the pos- terior wall of the bladder, its protnision varying with the degi'ee of pressvu-e from behind, and affected both by the respi ratory movement of the surrounding parts, and by the posture of the body. The penis was rudimentaiy, with complete epispadias; the urine, con- stantly distiDed from the open mouths of the lu-eters at the lowfer pai't of the swelling, fell, during the erect posture, in part, upon the open groove of the uretlira, which served imperfectly as a spout. In each groin was a projection which became more mai'ked as the growth of the body advanced, con*esponding with the widely separated pubic bones: from the want of symphisis and consequent suppoit in the front of the pelvis, re- sulted considerable weakness in the part,and awkwardness in the movements: Fia. 2.
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