Identifier: gonorrheainmalep00wolb (find matches)
Title: Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Wolbarst, A. L. (Abraham Leo), 1872-
Subjects: Gonorrhea Gonorrhea
Publisher: New York : International Journal of Surgery
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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^ this method the bladder can be filled and emptiedbut once, unless the catheter is again inserted. As a result of observation and experience I donot, as a rule, irrigate the urethra in acute posteriorurethritis, but when I do, I discard altogether theJanet method of irrigation in favor of the largeCharlton syringe (Fig. 7). Whatever advantages
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Fig. 8. Irrigation by catheter (also illustrating the authors malegenitourinary basin in position). the Janet irrigator has can be attained equallywell with the syringe, and its dangers are reducedto a minimum or even nil. The sy-ringe holds aboutfive ounces. A (Wheeler) rubber tip and shield,easily attached to the syringe, fits snugly into themeatus, and the rapidity of the flow, amount of Local Treatment : Acute Urethritis. 57 pressure applied, and quantity of fluid injected, areabsolutely under the control of the operators hand.With the left hand holding the glans, and the righthand introducing the fluid into the bladder, everycontraction and relaxation of the cut-off muscle isinstantly appreciated, and the pressure of the handon the piston is increased or relaxed as the con-ditions demand. I believe that this method of irri-gation is so far superior in every way to that ofJanet, as to justify its use wherever bladder irriga-tion is indicated.

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