Genitourinary Diagnosis and Therapy

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. DISEASES OF THE TESTIS AND EPID1DYMIS. EPIDIDYMITIS. Treatment.?In the acute stages of epiclidymitis the organ must be kept quiet. For this purpose it is necessary to use a suspensory that lifts the testis forward and upward. The Casper suspensory (Fig. 28) serves this purpose best; it is a...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VI. DISEASES OF THE TESTIS AND EPID1DYMIS. EPIDIDYMITIS. Treatment.?In the acute stages of epiclidymitis the organ must be kept quiet. For this purpose it is necessary to use a suspensory that lifts the testis forward and upward. The Casper suspensory (Fig. 28) serves this purpose best; it is a modification of the Langlebert-Neisser suspensory. The Teufel suspensory is not adapted to these cases, as it serves only to secure elevation of the penis. The Editor's modification of the Teufel suspensory is shown on page 38.] Applicatiou of the Suspeasory.?Of the n -10 o Casper suspensory s, ze 1, 2, or 3 ts selected according to the degree of swelling Fig 28.cftSperu8pen.ory. of the testis. Several layers of cotton, twenty by forty centimeters, must be at hand. The patient stands erect, undressed. The physician carefully but firmly lifts the scrotum toward the abdomen and packs around it the cotton, which has in its center a small opening through which the penis protrudes. The patient adjusts the abdominal belt, draws the suspensory over the padded scrotum, adjusts the thigh-straps, first on the healthy, then on the diseased, side, and finally, adjusts the suspending straps. The physician must hold the scrotum in the desired position until the suspensory is satisfactorily adjusted. If the testis has been correctly lifted forward and upward, the patient's suffering soon ceases. Inunctions of the scrotum are usually unnecessary. Occasionally guaiacol is applied (Goldberg) two or three times daily. B Guaiacolis X iiss Glycerini q. s. ad X j Mi ace. Sig.: Apply externally. B Ichthyoli $ iiss Petrolati, . a. ad 5 j Misce. 't liat nnguenttun. Sig.: Apply externally. In the use of these ointments the scrotum must be covered with i...