The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 389
ows the instrument in all its parts, with a soft-rubber catheter. This latter style of instrument is the best, on account of its soft- ness, in all cases where it can be made to pass, and is eminently suited to most cases of enlarged prostate, that condition most often requiring a continued use of… … The simplicity of the instrument1 as figured is obvious. To the fountain- syringe ab with bag holding a pint, and tube of variable length, so as to allow, if desirable, considerable pressure by elevating the bag, is attached a two-way stopcock d. Upon the tube is another stopcock c, only useful…
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