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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    4 17 [No. 10.] 102, Piccadilly, April 1, 1865. My dear Mr. Holt,— I am sorry I cannot tell you precisely the number of times I have used your Dilator ; perhaps four times, and certainly with no fatal result. CHARLES H. MOORE. [No. ll.j 51, Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, W April 1st, 1865. My dear Sir,— I cannot tell you the number of times I have used forced dilatation of the urethra, but I have done it very many times, latterly by rapid use of the large Dilator. I haye never had a fatal case. Once, in a gentleman in whom I used it, there followed a perineal abscess, but there had been a disposition to this even after ordinary catheterism; otherwise, the worst I have seen has been in some cases the usual constitutional disturbance which often attends catheterism. Faithfully yours, B. Holt, Esq. CAMPBELL HE MORGAN, [No. 12.] Old Burlington Street, April 3rd, 1865. My dear Mr. Holt, I regret that I cannot give you the actual number of times I have used your instrument, I treated several B
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