Cases of the successful practice of vesicae lotura in the cure of diseased bladders / by Jesse Foot, Surgeon. The practice of vesicae lotura is thus far decisive, for cases of diseased bladders, which have hitherto been deemed fatal ones, it is a direct cure. It brings off gravel lodged in the bladder, and promises fairer than any former mode, upon the most obvious grounds, to dissolve the stone within.

  • Foot, Jesse, 1744-1826.
Date:
1798
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Credit: Cases of the successful practice of vesicae lotura in the cure of diseased bladders / by Jesse Foot, Surgeon. The practice of vesicae lotura is thus far decisive, for cases of diseased bladders, which have hitherto been deemed fatal ones, it is a direct cure. It brings off gravel lodged in the bladder, and promises fairer than any former mode, upon the most obvious grounds, to dissolve the stone within. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    he was forced to lean for some time, where he could find a place, and by shifting his pos- ture, he generally succeeded in obtaining an evacuation, and consequently procuring ease. The symptoms of his case pointed out so plainly the nature of his complaint, that it did not require much consideration to deter- mine it to be, either gravel or stone, but most probably the former. Upon introduc- ing a bougie of a middling size, I found the capacity of the urethra extremely narrow, to- wards the neck of the bladder and the Pa- tient then informed me, that he frequenly found clots of blood come forth with his urine. I ascertained another fact by enquiry, namely, that the capacity of his bladder was not les- sened, or at least to no great degree. Think- ing that the first thing to be done was to dis- tend the urethra, I ber an the case with pas- sing bougies for that intention, with recom- mending a fomentation of the decoction of poppies to be applied in the direction of the urethra, and with prescribing, then, a decoc- tion of bark with elixir of vitriol to be taken frequently in the usual doses, but soon change ed it for lime-water. My