Proctoscopic Examination and the Treatment of Hæmorrhoids and Anal Pruritus

In this little book, which chiefly deals with the diagnosis and treatment of haemorrhoids, the author stresses the fact that a very thorough examination of the anus, rectum, and sigmoid is necessary before the diagnosis and especially the treatment of haemorrhoids is undertaken. Too many medical men, he says, from a sense of false modesty either in themselves or their patients, do not examine the patient at all before prescribing palliative treatment for haemorrhoids, and many others are content with mere inspection. He further states that many of the latter on seeing a bulging at the anus,