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Title: The American homoeopathist
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Homeopathy
Publisher: New York : A.L. Chatterton
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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bladder, causing a desire to urinateafter an accumulation of sufficient bulk. Water sufficiently hot to cause smartingof the skin is borne with a feeling of relief THE AMERICAN HOMEOPATHIST. 147 and comfort. If the disease is confined tothat portion of the urethra anterior to theexternal sphincter the irrigation is to bedone in the upright position, but if the dis-ease has extended beyond this barrier, andinvolves the deep urethra or bladder, orboth, the irrigation should be carried tothese parts. The only obstacle to be over-come is the mixed muscular structure of should be placed upon his back, in thereclining position, for the purpose of secur-ing general relaxation and giving a down-ward dip to the horizontal or fixed portionof the urethral canal. The shouldersshould be raised, thus flexing the upperportion of the body upon the pelvis, whichis also slightly raised ; the thighs are flexed,and legs are supported by crutches to obvi-
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the external sphincter ; beyond this the \\ ayis clear, for the internal sphincter relaxesfrom the presence of fluid in the deepurethra. To overcome this obstacle it isessential to suitably posture the patient.An anterior urethritis may extend beyondthe external sphincter in from one to threeweeks time. To successfully carry out irrigation ofthe deep urethra and bladder the patient ate tension. These flexures are in imita-tion of natures method of relaxing the pel-vic floor and its associated structures.It is well to bear in mind that the neck ofthe bladder is 1J4! inch behind and a littlebelow the middle of the symphysis in theupright posture, and in the horizontal it isone-half inch lower. This posture also gives the surgeon achance to aid the passage of the sound or 1 48 I HE AMERICAN HOMEOPATHIST. catheter when deeply obstructed by pass-ing the finger into the rectum and guidingthe instrument through the external sphinc-ter and membranous urethra. Naturesmethod of relaxing these s

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