The Science and Art of Surgery Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...bladder, with tenderness at the point of stricture, aconite and cantharis, either alone or in alternation, will often effect most excellent fesults. When a chronic discharge takes place from the diseased tissues, mcrcurius or pulsatilla may be relied upon as curative. If the digestive organs are impaired, and the constitution be scrofulous or debilitated from preceding causes, nux vomica or sulphur are reliable. As accessory remedies, to fulfill any complications that may arise during treatment, clematis, cannabis, calcarea, silicia, and thuya, may be given with much benefit. The remedy must be selected with reference to its similimum, and should cover, as far as possible, all the symptoms of the case. J 0.--Complications of Stricture. Retention of Urine.--Among the complications of this disorder, there are none that occur more frequently than retention of urine, produced by the gradual and progressive contraction of the canal. It more frequently occurs as the result of a congestive or spasmodic condition of the parts supervening upon the organic constriction. It is often brought about by the patient, who, having a moderately-tight organic stricture, commits an excess, or becomes exposed to alternations of temperature, particularly the cold and wet, and superadded to this trouble there is a congested condition of the parts, which prevents the passago of urine entirely, or permits it to escape by drops, and with so much pain and straining that the bladder cannot be wholly evacuated. Eventually, in these cases, the retention becomes complete, the bladder fills speedily and rises up above the pubes, producing much distress and constitutional disturbance; and if relief be not promptly extended, the distended portion of the urethra behind the...