Cystoscopy and Urethroscopy for General Practitioners

Excerpt from Cystoscopy and Urethroscopy for General Practitioners: With 113 Illustrations, 23 of Which Are Printed in Colors Developments in cystoscopy and urethroscopy have been so rapid and far-reaching in recent years that there has been ample room and need for the several excellent text-books on these subjects that have appeared during the same period. These books have but comported with the kaleidoscopic changes in methods, technique and instrumental equipment which they have described. A similar demand has impelled the production of the present contribution. Views on pyelography, on local anesthesia of the urinary tract, on the technical and other features of cystoscopy and urethroscopy have been modernized to a degree that demands the attention and accurate description that have been accorded them. While no large share of the book is devoted to historical considerations, certain features and events are made clear that have been the subject of confusion and error in genito-urinary literature. The facts related are based on historical data that are irrefutable and are confirmed by references accessible to anyone interested in attesting them. It has been the desire of the authors to portray the technique of cystoscopy and urethroscopy so graphically, by both text and illustration, that the book might prove of real value to the novice in furthering his endeavors in this line, as well as of advantage to the experienced who may be interested in studying the methods of others besides his own. Who may not learn something by studying the work of his confreres, no matter how skilled or original he may be? In harmony with this aim, resort is had to photography in numerous instances, and to diagrams where necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.