Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd].

  • Wadd, William, 1776-1829.
Date:
1815
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Credit: Cases of diseased bladder and testicle / [William Wadd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    der through the rectum. One case terminated fatally; but more from other circumstances, and from too long a delay, than from any want of efficiency in the operation; which fully answered the intention of procuring and maintaining an exit for the urine. Where the retention is occasioned by stricture not more than two or three inches from the orifice, the urine may be evacuated by puncturing the urethra. I lately had a ca.se, where at every attempt to expel the urine, the urethra became visibly distended in the perinaeum. An opening made with a lancet, relieved the urgency of the symp- toms, after the warm bath and every other remedy had been tried in vain. I could not introduce any instrument; yet the contents of the bladder passed out, and the part healed very well, notwithstanding some of the urine escaped into the cellular membrane.