Account of the history and dissection of a case of malformation of the urinary bladder, with remarks / [Andrew Melville McWhinnie].

  • McWhinnie, Andrew Melville, 1807 or 1808-1866.
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[1850]
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Credit: Account of the history and dissection of a case of malformation of the urinary bladder, with remarks / [Andrew Melville McWhinnie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Medical Gazette.J ' 7 X ;' ) tion from the natural condition of the urinary bladder, to which the names of Ectopia, Ectrophia, Prolapsus, Inversio and Extroversio Yesicse, have been given, and which, from their having been for many years under observation, may -perhaps be deemed the more de¬ serving of being placed on record : they were both in St. Bartholomew’s Hospi¬ tal, under the care of my friend, the late Mr. Earle, and were, as far as I am informed, not only the first that oc¬ curred in that institution, in which any attempt was made to ameliorate perma nently their condition, but also those in which some of the earliest experiments were performed to determine the period required for substances introduced into the stomach to be detected in the urine. Of these cases, the first is that of a girl who, when brought under our no¬ tice, was about 13 years of age, and at¬ tended as an out-door patient. The annexed Fig. 1 is from a drawing made at the time. Fig. 1. [From the London f o s y O ■ ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND DISSECTION OF A CASE OF MALFORMATION of the URINARY BLADDER, WITH REMARKS. By A. Melville M'Whinnie, F.R.C.S.&c. Of all instances in which an arrest of development of parts has taken place during human foetal life, none surpasses in interest or importance that which affects the genito-urinary organs; for, inasmuch as the malformation is in great measure confined to the bladder and urethra, the sufferer from such structural defect may attain mature age —in the great majority of instances sexually incapacitated—a burden to himself, and repulsive to those around. In my case-book I find notes of two instances, in particular, of the devia