d never had any
venereal disease, and, hence, the true nature of his trouble
had not been suspected. With the removal of the stricture
there was an immediate improvement in his condition, which
became more and more rapid, as his system gained strength and
reaction became manifest. At the end of two months he wrote
that he felt sound and well, and that he had experienced the
most wonderful improvement in every way. His vital strength
was fully restored, and he was most profoundly grateful.

Chronic inflammation of the bladder, sometimes called catarrh of the
bladder, an affection that is elsewhere herein fully treated of, and
chronic inflammation of the kidneys, and true Bright's disease, as well
as prostatic disease, are all liable to result from strictures of the
urethra. Hence, it behooves one suffering from this malady to have it
promptly and skillfully treated.

FALSE PASSAGES. In very rare cases of impassable stricture, or in which
fistulous openings, or false passages, have formed, through which the
urine flows or dribbles away, we have resorted to the operation of
perineal section with the most gratifying results. The cases requiring
this operation are rare ones, in which death must generally result but
for the relief afforded by the operation.

DANGEROUS USE OF INSTRUMENTS. The worst and most dangerous cases of
stricture with which we have met, in a long and extensive experience,
were rendered thus by the careless or unskillful use of bougies,
catheters, or sounds. Many surgeons and physicians are most recklessly
careless or unskilled in the use of these most dangerous instruments, as
the many cases of false passage or stricture of the most painful and
dangerous kind, caused or aggravated by their ignorant or improper use,
sorrowfully testify.

DELAY DANGEROUS. By proper treatment of stricture in its early stages,
all danger and pain are avoided, and a cure is effected in a very short
time. In an extensive practice, in which we yearly treat hundreds of
cases, we have never yet failed to give perfect and permanent relief
from stricture, or diseased prostate or urethra, without the necessity
of cutting instruments of any kind, when we have been consulted before
injury of the urethra has been produced by improper use of instruments.
Having specialists who devote their entire time to the study and cure of
these diseases, we are thereby enabled to attain the highest degree of
skil