Practical observations on the chronic enlargement of the prostate gland, in old people, with suggestions for an improved mode of treatment : to which is prefixed, preliminary remarks on the various other diseases to which the prostate is liable at all periods of life : the whole being illustrated in an appendix, containing numerous cases and plates / by Francis B. Courtenay.

  • Courtenay, Francis Burdett, 1811-1886.
Date:
1839
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Practical observations on the chronic enlargement of the prostate gland, in old people, with suggestions for an improved mode of treatment : to which is prefixed, preliminary remarks on the various other diseases to which the prostate is liable at all periods of life : the whole being illustrated in an appendix, containing numerous cases and plates / by Francis B. Courtenay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

    4/184 (page 6)
    Page Enlargement of the Prostate from a Varicose State of its Vessels . . . . .45 Scirrhus, or Cancer of the Prostate . , .53 Symptoms of Scirrhus of the Prostate . . ib. CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND. Preliminary Observations . . . .56 Symptoms and Consequences . . .61 Treatment of Chronic Enlargement of the Pros- tate Gland . . . . .72 Retention of Urine from Chronic Enlargement of the Prostate . . . . .81 APPENDIX. Case I.—Case of Enlargement of the Prostate, causing Retention of Urine, relieved by the Catheter, but finally terminating in Death ; with an Account of the State of the Bladder and Prostate, as seen upon the post-mor- tem examination. From Morgagni de Sedibus, et Causis Morborum . . . . .93 Translation of Case I. . . . . .97 Case II.—Enlargement of the Prostate Gland—the Ca- theter thrust into the Tumour—Death . . .102