The progress of cystoscopy in the last three years / by Willy Meyer.

  • Meyer, Willy, 1858-1932.
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[1892]
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    Avkich ureter the blood escaped in a case of haematuria,” or, I may add, pus or purulent urine in a case of pyelitis or sup- purating kidney. It was obvious from the beginning that Nitze’s statement would be sustained by all who practiced cystoscopy—namely, that our knowledge as well as the diagnosis of bladder dis- eases would just as rapidly widen, clear up, and improve with the help of the new cystoscope as our knowledge of laryngeal diseases, for instance, did after the invention and introduction of the laryngoscope. But would Nitze’s hope also be realized, or could it be realized, in regard to kid- ney troubles ? Might we hope to be able to use his cysto- scope as at least one means of observing the “ character ” of the urine in its direct descent from each kidney ? Reviewing the literature on cystoscopy which has ap- peared since 1887, and the results of my own work in this line, covering now (December, 1891) a period of nearly four years, we can unhesitatingly answer this question in the af- firmative. Before treating of the progress in the diagnosis and treat- ment of “ kidney ” diseases with the help of the cystoscope —the special object of my paper—any further, I will try to. give a short review of the development of cystoscopy in general, with reference to the construction of additional in- struments, made in accordance with the principles laid down by Nitze, and to its influence upon the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of diseases of the bladder. I. Instruments. After three years’ careful trial and comparison of the two chief cystoscopes which have been in the market—viz., that of Dr. Max Nitze, manufactured by Paul Hartwig, of Berlin (.Markgrafenstrasse, 79), and that of Mr. Joseph Leiter, the well-known instrument-maker of Vienna, manu-