Opinions and statistics 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:
1865
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Credit: Opinions and statistics 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 Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    *:■ again in about half-an-hour, as lie had forgotten to get the medicine. He walked from Fitzwilliam Place to Rutland Square (where he got medicine for half-price), and back again. Went to bed for three hours, and then went to a railway station, where he sat for an hour wait- ing for his mistress. He then drove home on the box of the cab at ten o’clock at night, and called on me the following day to say, he felt a little sore between his legs, but had had no rigors. I passed No. 10 for him on the eighth day after the operation, and now every three months he comes to me “ for fear it might con- tract his own idea. Dr. Cruise examined him to-day for me, with his endoscope, but I have not seen him yet. Yours ever, PHILIP C. SMYLY. [No. 6.] 73, Marland Place, Southampton, March 24tth, 1865. My dear Mr. Holt,— I have not replied sooner to your note, as I was^ anxious to obtain, if possible, any information having reference to your enquiries. I have not met with any medical men who have had more than one or two cases, and these have been success- ful. I have adopted your immediate method in twenty- nine cases, and I obtained the most complete success in every instance that I operated. In two cases only was I induced to give opium and quinine.
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