A treatise on stricture of the urethra : containing an account of improved methods of treatment; with an appendix, noticing the application of a new instrument to the treatment of enlarged prostate gland, gleet, fistula, and other diseases of the urethra, oesophagus, and rectum / by James Arnott.

  • Arnott, James (James Moncrieff), 1794-1885.
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on stricture of the urethra : containing an account of improved methods of treatment; with an appendix, noticing the application of a new instrument to the treatment of enlarged prostate gland, gleet, fistula, and other diseases of the urethra, oesophagus, and rectum / by James Arnott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I • neighbouring parts, and by the frequency of diseases in it and in these parts, of which stricture is the natural conse-- \ ^ quence—its continued prevalence is ex¬ plained by the fact, that as yet, no re¬ medy has been proposed capable of / effecting a permanent cure in the majo¬ rity of instances;—and the distress which accompanies it, arises from the obstruction to the urine, and the local and general irritation, obstinate disorders of the pros¬ tate gland and bladder, derangement of the functions of generation, &c. which this produces. Stricture, thus, from its frequency and consequences, forming so great a.part of Surgeons’ employment, and from its long duration under the present curative means, being often a reproach to the art, I have inucii satisfaction in laying before the profession, an account of improvements in the treatment, which will much shorten