WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. SUPRA-PUBIC CYSTOTOMY FOR CALCULUS

Supra-Pubic Cystotomy in a Case of Enlarged Prostate

By BASHIRUDDIN AHMED, Sub-Assistant Surgeon, Sadar Hospital, Comilla. An aged Brahmin, about 75 years of age, was brought to this hospital on the night of the 15th October, 1927, for treatment for retention of urine, due to an enlarged prostate. Retention had been complete for 72 hours, and an attempt made at Brahmanbaria hospital to pass a catheter had been unsuccessful. There was no history o...

Westminster Hospital, 1716–1966

(i) Westminster Hospital, 1716-1966, by J. G. HUMBLE AND P. HANSELL, London, Pitman Medical Publishing Co., 1966, pp. x, 134, illus., 21s. (ii) Geschichte des Hospitals, Bd. 1: Westdeutschland von den Anfdngen bis 1850, by D. JETFER (Sudhoffs Archiv, Beiheft 5), Wiesbaden, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1966, pp. viii, 270, 104 illus., DM. 66 or 74. These two books could hardly be more different. Dr. Hu...

A Successful Case of Supra Pubic Lithotomy

a large size, and had existed for 3 or 4 years. The patient was subject to chronic bronchitis and emphysema; was in a very reduced state of health ; could hardly lie on his back ; passed most of his time in a sitting posture, and was in great misery from pain and constant dribbling of urine. Four days after admission, under chloroform, No. 12 silver catheter was passed; the urine was drawn off,...

Large Encysted Vesical Calculus, Litholapaxy, Suprapubic Cystotomy

Hospital Co-Operation in Westminster

((/) A complete co-operation between all the hospitals within the area, under which, while still maintaining their separate identity, they would, for all appropriate purposes, be amalgamated, in the sense of working together. (//) A limited co-operation between one or more hospitals for joint action in connection with the items set forth in (i), (ii), and (iii) above, and (c) A general working ...