Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1138

SAMUEL THOMAS VON SOEMMERRING (1755-1830) Abhandlung über die schnell und langsam tödtlichen Krankheiten der Harnblase und Harnröhre bey Männern im hohen Alter. Varrentrapp und Wenner 1809 xiv, 146 pp. 25.6 cm.

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The present treatise is concerned with diseases of the urinary bladder and urethra in aging men and won an essay contest on the subject sponsored by the Medical-Surgical Academy of Vienna in 1807. Among the various pathological conditions discussed are cystitis, bladder cramps and tumors, urinary retention, incontinence, inflammation and infection of the prostate, prostatic cancer, and bleeding from the bladder and urethra. Soemmerring reviews the merits of draining the bladder surgically by the transrectal or suprapubic route. Descriptions of various surgical operations and medications are included but emphasis is on the pathology and clinical symptoms of the conditions.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.