Success and failure of electrolysis in urethral strictures : especially Dr. Keyes' method reviewed / by Robert Newman.

  • Newman, Robert, 1830-1903.
Date:
1888
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    therefore, neither cure nor relief could be expected from me. From the cor- respondence it will be seen that Dr. Keyes wrote me on February 6, 1888: “ I have constantly insisted that lie had no urethral disease—more than a little deep congestion spasm, and a little neurosis * * * I told him that you were the electrolytic head-centre; and that is why he calls on you, and not that I thought he had stricture.” As this conflicts with my notes made as stated by the patient, it is only justice to concede that neither Dr. Keyes nor myself are responsible for statements of patients who may unintentionally make mistakes in medical narratives, especi- ally when they are excitable and ner- vous. I have stated in my notes what I understood the patient said, and cer- tainly we believe everything that Dr. Keyes says. Why Dr. Keyes, who treat- ed the patient for a neurotic condition, and knew there was no stricture pres- ent, gave his consent for electrolytic treatment for an alleged stricture by his family physician, I certainly do not know, and therefore cannot explain. The foregoing explanations are hardly necessary, except to show how and to what extent I was*connected with this case, and to correct an impression which might be drawn from Dr. Keyes' article : namely, that 1 had treated the patient with electricity without re- lief.