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Title: Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of life..
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Smedley, John
Subjects: Hydrotherapy Baths Hot water
Publisher: London : J. Caudwell
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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BLADDER, UEJNA11Y AND SEMINAL VESSELS. B, bulb of urethra ; C, membranous part of urethra; D, prostate gland;E, vesicula seminales ; P P, vasa deferentia; G, the ureter, by which theurine passes from the kidneys into the bladder, see page 364; H, bladdercovered by the peritoneum. (Bells Anatomy.) THE PRO STATE GLAXD. 339 Stricture and disease of the ure-thra and prostatic GLAND, often termedthe old mans disease, is too important asubject to be omitted, although from thenature and causes of it, and the anatomy ofthe parts, it can only be briefly discussedin this work. Hodgsons work, and alsoSir Charles Bells Anatomy, and other works, give very interesting and necessaryinformation for the prevention of theseformidable, dangerous, and painful diseases.The benefit of the habitual use of the sitzbath will be obvious, when the complicatedstructure of the parts near the terminationof the rectum is studied, and the injurioustendency of tight trowsers, long sitting on
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This is a view of the base of the bladder, with the prostate gland, vesiculasseminales, and vasa deferentia. aa, the lateral lobes of the prostate; bb, thevesiculse seminales ; cc, terminal portions of the vasa deferentia ; dd, a pair ofshallow grooves, which indicate the course of the ejaculatory ducts; e, a groove,which is sometimes seen on the under surface of the prostate, and correspondsto the iirethra at that part ; u u, the terminal portions of the ureters.—(FromDisease of the Prostate Gland, by Decimus Hodgson, M.D. Churchill,London.) 340 soft heating cushions, and the use of alco-holic drinks, all which tend to excite andweaken the organs, as well as produce piles.The use of tobacco is also a very commoncause of paralysis of these parts. The cutsare much curtailed from the original draw-ings in Sir Charles Bells, and Quain andWilsons Anatomy, from motives of delicacy.The Prostate Gland nearly resembles a HANDBOOK OP HYDROPATHY. chestnut. It usually measures a little moretha

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