Excerpt from Mechanical Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra While in the army, my attention was attracted to the small metallic sound as an explorer and pilot to instruments through stricture in the use of Holt's dilator, when the idea occurred that it was the correct principle, and should be used for the introduction of all instruments for the treatment of stricture, and for the evacuation of the bladder in cases of Spasmodic constriction. The disease last mentioned was of quite frequent occurrence in the service, caused by cold and exposure in the field. In many cases, where relief was not attained by rest or opium, the patient suffering great paln, I readily passed a gum catheter - number 8 - over a wire wit-h a bulb made of sealing-wax. After the wire was intro duced, the catheter was passed over it, a hole having been made in its lower extremity for the introduction oi the guiding wire, which passed up alongside of the stylet; the catheter and stylet were then steadily pressed along over the wire till it reached the constricted part, when it was forced through the resisting space with little difficulty or danger to the parts, the stylet and wire withdrawn, and the urine evacuated. Since then I have di lated the constriction with the dilator over an explorer, and then passed the catheter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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