Lithotomy and extraction of stone from the bladder, urethra, and prostate of the male and from the bladder of the female / by W. Poulett Harris.

  • Harris, Worsley Poulett.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Lithotomy and extraction of stone from the bladder, urethra, and prostate of the male and from the bladder of the female / by W. Poulett Harris. 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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    way in wliicli cold winds cause urinary deposits — iis by checking the action of the cutaneous vessels, and consequently the excretion of lactic acid, 'which, this writer says, failing to find an exit with the perspiration, is diverted to the urine. 5th. Water.—It has been repeatedly observed !that urinary deposits are common in persons living in limestone districts, owing to derange- ment of the digestion caused by the use of hard water. The hurtfulness of such waters is spoken of by Dr Prout, who writes ;—“ They operate in various ways and produce very different effects in different diseases and constitutions ; but thieir general influence in all forms of urinary depo- sition is, accordiug to my observation, very unfavorable.” 6th. Food.—It has been frequently noticed that, in those parts of a country wliere gravel is a common disease, the food is in fault; thus, in Norfolk, coarse dumplings are a usual article of diet, and in the North Western Provinces of India, where the disease is prevalent, the ordi- nary diet of the population is heavy unfermented bread, made from the admixture of several kinds of cheap grain. 7th. Occupation. — Sedentary employment is probably a predisposing cause, as it is thought that seafaring people and soldiers who lead an active, out-of-doors life are much less liable than