ON THE NEW METHOD OF DESTROYING VESICAL CALCULI,

The Weight of Vesical Calculi

The Rate of Growth of Vesical Calculi

Thomson and Miles in their Manual of Surgery, 1909, p. 713, state that " little is known of the rate of growth of vesical stone " and that " Guyon believes that a uric acid stone takes several years to attain a diameter of two inches." The following case, as throwing a little light on this point, may be of interest. R., a patient from Farah, Afghanistan, was operated on for vesical calculus by ...

on the comparison of keyword and semantic-context methods of learning new vocabulary meaning

the rationale behind the present study is that particular learning strategies produce more effective results when applied together. the present study tried to investigate the efficiency of the semantic-context strategy alone with a technique called, keyword method. to clarify the point, the current study seeked to find answer to the following question: are the keyword and semantic-context metho...

Case of Multiple Vesical and Urethral Calculi

Ali Mahomed, a Mahomedan male aged about 13 years, resident of Buri Khail in Mianwali division, cultivator by occupation, came to Mianwali dispensary on the 8th November 1878 complaining of a stone in his urethra and a stony feel in his bladder. Patient objected to be examined without chloroform. He was ordered to have an ounce of castor-oil at 6 P. M. of 8th November and an enema of castor-oil...

Two Vesical Calculi of Peculiar Shape

stone being found to be of a large size and uncrushable, it was decided to remove it by suprapubic operation. On opening into the bladder the stone was found to be partly encysted in the urethra, and a very considerable portion of it was covered by the prostate. On removal it was found to weigh one ounce six drams and tweny-five grains. The boy made an uneventful recovery and was discharged cur...