A New Instrument for the Treatment of Difficult Strictures of the Urethra

construction of the instrument employed, the skill and experience of the operator, and the condition of the patient. The instrument may be flexible or rigid, soft or hard, light or heavy. It may have a short curve or a large sweeping curve. It may be bulbous at the point, or conical, and so on. My experience of over a quarter of a century of hospital work in one capacity or another, from house-surgeon to surgeon, has led me to prefer a rigid heavy instrument, with a somewhat open curve, and a fine