Practical observations on the operation for the stone ... / By James Earle.

  • Earle, James, Sir, 1755-1817.
Date:
1796
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Credit: Practical observations on the operation for the stone ... / By James Earle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    means it will ufually pafs with eafe till it ar¬ rives in the membranous part of the urethra, and near to the neck of the bladder. At this part, from the preffure of the proftate gland, which is often enlarged by inflammation, caufed by irritation from the ftone ; or pofti- bly fometimes by the inftrument carrying the membrane which lines the urethra before it, and behind the proftate, the completion of « » its introduction into the bladder is obstructed. When fuch a hindrance or impediment oc¬ curs, it requires great delicacy and manage¬ ment. If the inftrument be prefled on it is very liable, particularly in a young fubject, to make its way through the membranous part of the urethra, which is the thinneft and weakeft part of the canal; and thus a falls route may be eftablilhed—a circumftance very injurious in itfelf, and likely to lead to the moft dangerous confequences in cafe of a fub- fequent operation for the ftone, as the ftafF' would