The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 429
1852.] May, Surgical Cases. 409 there is, of course, a considerable variation from it. The anterior face of the gland is considered. It will thus be seen that, from the urethra A to the periphery of the gland, the dimensions are as follows : Trans- … sions of the urethra, about four lines, and this section will give us but fifteen lines. Now, it is very certain that a calculus of over sixteen lines in its shortest diameter could scarcely be extracted through this opening without either tearing or incising beyond the limits of the gland, for,…
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