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Title: Man's mission on earth : a contribution to the science of eugenics : a short treatise on the genito-urinary organs of the male in health and disease, with a chapter on syphilis
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Kahn, R. J. (Robert Johnstone), 1860-
Subjects: Genitourinary organs Syphilis Urologic Diseases
Publisher: New York : Isaac Goldman Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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titis is the term applied to any inflammationof the bladder and arises from numerous causes. Itis sometimes caused by diseases of the general or ofthe nervous system; colds and injuries are also causes.It is frequently the result of excesses of alcoholic bev-erages, also of large doses of some drugs. Prostaticdisease and stone in the bladder may be the cause.Another cause is careless use of injections, or use ofimproper or too strong injections; or, a careless physi-cian may carry the germs of the disease into the blad-der on a dirty catheter, sound or other instrument.Another common cause is infection descending fromthe kidneys, etc. But in the great majority of cases it is the con-sequence of careless treatment, or neglect, of inflam-mation of the urethra, Gonorrhoea, etc. If Gonor-rhoea is the cause, the Cystitis is more likely to occurafter indulgence in sexual excitement, highly sea-soned food, or alcoholic beverages. Very commonlya small stricture is present. (M4) PLATE III; RBC
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R.J.K- CHRONIC CYSTITIS, ETC. G.—Gonococci. R. B. C.—Red Blood Corpuscles. B.—Bacteria. C. O.—Calcium Oxalate. A. U.—Ammonia Urate.S.—Streptococci. E. B.—Epithelia from Bladder.M.—Shreds of Mucus.P. C.—Pus Corpuscles. B. IL—Bacilli Urese. 145 146 STRICTURE. The urine in Cystitis is always cloudy, frequentlycontains blood, and is usually alkaline in reaction.The bacteria causing the disease can be found in it bythe aid of the microscope. The urine commonly hasthe odor of ammonia, the result of decomposition. If allowed to go unchecked, the walls of the blad-der become thickened. Ulceration also takes place,,which may terminate in Gangrene. This latter usuallyresults in perforation of the bladder and death fromperitonitis. Pain is a more or less constant symptom, espe-cially in voiding urine, and is often felt at the end ofthe penis. It may continue some time after urinationis finished. A desire to urinate frequently is common. STICTURE. This affection cannot be cons

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