A Death Caused by Mistaking Prostatic Enlargement for Stricture
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In consequence of his dread of instruments I called in another medical man who gave him chloroform, and I then passed a full-sized prostatic catheter into the bladder without any difficulty, there being an enlarged prostate bur, uo stricture, and drew off between eight and nine pints of bloody urine. Some clots remained in the bladder, and, anticipating further hasmorrhage, I advised him to stay in hospital, explaining to him his danger, and the necessity of either having a catheter tied in
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