Gonorrhea in the male : a practical guide to its treatment

1911·8.4 MB·English

by  Wolbarst, A. L. (Abraham Leo), 1872-

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Gonorrhea in the Male
H
practical (3uiC>e to Its Xlreatment
BY
ABR. L. WOLBARST, M.D.
Consu'tingGenitourinarySurgeon, Central IslipStateHospital; Visiting:
Genitourinaryburgeon, Feople's Hospital, West Side German Dis-
pensary and Beth Israel Hospital Dispensary; Professor of
Genitourinary Diseases, New York School of Clinical
Medicine MemberAmerican UrologicalAssociation,
;
etc., etc.
PUBLISHED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CO.
NEW YORK
1911
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
SCM*>eL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Copyright 1911, by
International Journal of Surgery Co.
New York
PREFACE.
This little volume is made up of the series of ar-
ticles on gonorrhea in the male, which appeared
some months ago, in the International Journal of
Surgery. The articles have been completely re-
vised and brought up to date, in every particular.
—
It has but one purpose, and in this it finds
whatever excuse is needed for inflicting another
book on an already overburdened medical public,
namely, to present the subject of gonorrhea in such
a manner as to offer the general practitioner a work-
ing knowledge of the disease and a practical
method of treating it successfully. The methods of
diagnosis and treatment advocated, are within easy
reach of every physician, complicated and expen-
sive instruments and apparatus are not required,
and the results are based on a practical experience
covering many thousands of successfully treated
cases, in private and hospital practice.
The author desires to emphasize the keynote in
which this little book is pitched. He believes that
considerable damage is being done by the preva-
lent methods of treating gonorrhea, particularly in
the respect of our remedies being too strong and
being used with a vigor that is far too heroic for
the delicate and inflamed tissues to bear with im-
punity. If this work will be accepted as a plea for
greater gentleness and conservatism in our therapy,
not only as to the drugs we employ, but also as to
the instruments we use, as well, it will have ac-
complished all that the author could have hoped for.
His thanks are extended to the publishers for:
their uniform courtesy shown during the prepara-
tion of this work and also to Messrs. George
Tiemann & Co., for the loan of cuts used to illus-
trate the text. He takes this opportunity to express
his indebtedness to Dr. Martin W. Ware, of this
city, for the many conservative teachings acquired
while acting as his assistant during the years 1898-
1903, which have been of inestimable value in his
professional work.
ABR. L. WOLBARST.
New York, December, 1910.
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