Opinions and statistics on the immediate treatment of stricture of the urethra, by the employment of the 'stricture dilator' / by Barnard Holt.

  • Holt, Barnard Wight, 1816-1890.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Opinions and statistics on the immediate treatment of stricture of the urethra, by the employment of the 'stricture dilator' / by Barnard Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was some retention afterwards, but the “ cure ?? was com- plete, and has remained so—after twro years. It would be needless to record particulars of the other cases, suffice it to say, that the “ cure ” has been com- plete. As regards the after treatment, I am in the habit of ordering a warm bath, with an opium suppository, and the next morning a good cathartic dose, to relieve the pelvic viscera. I am always desirous to produce some suppuration in the divided portion of the adventitious structure forming the stricture, and this I effect by pas- sing a full-sized catheter every day for a week after- wards, for I conceive that the liability to a return of the stricture, which some surgeons talk about, is much coun- teracted by preventing, as far as possible, any chance of union by the first intention of the ruptured part; and any slight spasmodic irritation, which may ensue from the early introduction of an instrument, has always, in my hands, yielded to the warm bath afterwards. I have taken the liberty to suggest to the Director- General of the Army Medical Department, that a set of your instruments, should form a part of the surgical case supplied to every regiment of her Majesty’s service; and I cannot furnish you a better estimate of my humble opinion of the invention, with which your name is asso- ciated. ' , I remain, my dear Sir, Yours truly, JOHN WYATT. Surgeon-Major. B. Holt, Esq.