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Excerpt from On Spasmodic Urethral Stricture
In comparing the views of these recent, accepted authorities in regard to spasmodic urethral stricture, it will be observed that all agree as to its frequency, its transient character, and its easy management. Dittel met with a case where the pressure of the end of a catheter for fifteen minutes, against the face of a spasmodic stricture, at the membranous portion, was required before it yielded. Van Buren and Keyes have evidently had similar experiences, as they note this occasional persistence of the spasmodic barrier. Sir Henry Thompson inclines to ignore the existence of the spas modic stricture, and attributes to ignorance and incapacity the arrest of an instrument in its passage into the bladder, from any cause but an organic one. In this Mr. Erichsen seems quite inclined to agree, although appreciating the possible occurrence of a spasmodic stricture which should be so persistent that it mig/zt be mistaken for an organic contraction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
