On stricture of the male urethra : its radical cure / by Fessenden N. Otis.

  • Otis, Fessenden N. (Fessenden Nott), 1825-1900.
Date:
1875
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Credit: On stricture of the male urethra : its radical cure / by Fessenden N. Otis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    through and beyond the previous site of stricture, and withdrawn v/ithout a trace of blood accompanying or following the use of the instrument. SOLID STEEL SOUND—SHORT CURVE. Kecontraction of stricture, after operation, is simply due to in- complete division, and this will, as a rule, be detected within one week, or at most two weeks, by which time stricture tissue distended—not divided—will sufficiently recontract to become readily recognizable by the fulhsized bulb. If, then, no stricture can be recognized, the cure of the difficulty may be considered com'plete^ and no further treatment, by sounds, or otherwise, will usually be required. Strictures of a calibre of less than 16 or 18 of the French scale, (7 or 9 of the English) and hence below the capacity of the dilating urethrotomes, as at present constructed, require enlargement by gradual dilatation, with soft bougies when this is well borne, if not, by divulsion, or by the urethrotome of M. Maisonneuve. After having been brought, by any one of the methods above referred to, up to a capacity permitting the passage of the dilating urethro- tome,* complete division of the strictures by means of this instru- ment may be readily effected. 108 West Thirty-fourth street, Hew York, March 25, 1875. * The dilating urethrotomes are very perfectly manufactured by Messrs. Tieman & Co., and also by Messrs. Otto & Sous, of New York, through whose intelligent co- operation these, as well as all the other instruments I have designed, have been brought to their present completeness. E. N. 0.