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Title: A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ..
Year: 1848 (1840s)
Authors: Bostwick, Homer
Subjects: Sexually transmitted diseases
Publisher: New York, Burgess, Stringer & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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on upon thisquestion, I cannot doubt that such statements, although exaggerated, have a verystrong show of truth. In an immense majority of instances, stricture has a venerealorigin. Stricture, in a general sense, is either a partial or complete closure of any passageof the body, and occurs in the oesophagus, the windpipe, the intestines, in theurethra, <fcc. Fortunately, it is a very rare accident in any of the first named pas-sages. In those situations, though not absolutely fatal, it is always attended withthe greatest danger. In the urinary canal, it is constantly met with, and, withoutoften putting life in jeopardy, when surgical assistance can be promptly obtained, itis usually productive of much distress and inconvenience. 263 264 STRICTURE IN THE URETHRA. The urethra is intended for the discharge of the urine, semen, prostatic liquor, andthe fluid secreted by the glands of Cowper. It passes above the lower extremity ofthe rectum, and immediately beneath the symphisis pubis.
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EXPLANATION OF PLATE. This cut represents a cast of a strictured urethra, taken by Home, which was made by injecting thecanal with wax, and afterwards cutting open the urethra and removing the model, that formed a bougieof the exact size of the canal, and was impressed with all its natural irregularities. The drawing is i*educed to one half the dimensions of the original. The cast was taken from theurethra of a man thirty years of age. A. The bladder. B. The neck of the bladder. C. The canal which passes over the prostate gland,and extends from B. to D. F. The membranous portion of the urethra. Gr. A natural reduction ofthe calibre of the canal, directly behind the bulb ; but in this case it is somewhat smaller than usual, inconsequence of a stricture which had formed here. This is the situation in which stricture is mostcommonly found, and which, more than any other part, is subject to obstructions of this nature. H.The bulb of the urethra. I. A portion of the canal slightly narrower

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