Identifier: atlasepitomeofgy00scha (find matches)
Title: Atlas and epitome of gynecology
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Schaeffer, Oskar. (from old catalog) Norris, Richard Cooper, 1863- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Women
Publisher: Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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DIAGNOSIS.—TREATMENT. 189 known by an indefinite feeling of pressure in the vesicalregion and by early disturbances of urination (increasedfrequency, tenesmus, ischuria). Violent radiating painssubsequently appear. From the ease with which the sur-face of the tumor may be injured, frequent hemorrhagesoccur, producing a particularly striking symptom,—hema-turia,—which may lead to a blocking of the urethra duringurination by a mass of fibrin. The urine then undergoesdecomposition and all the symptoms of vesical catarrhpresent themselves. Particles of the new growth may alsoocclude the urethra or cause the formation of calculi. Diagnosis.—When such symptoms are present, cystos-copy or dilatation of the urethra and palpation of the in-terior of the bladder. Microscopic examination of particlesremoved by means of the cystoscope. If the tumor is in-tact, not disintegrated, it is probably a benign growth.Perforating tumors, such as dermoid cysts and extra-uterinegestation sacs, are t

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