ACUTE CROUPOUS CYSTITIS.
This has been found to follow the use of cantharides and other irritant diuretics, and to follow on certain specific diseases. Its nature is that of catarrhal inflammation, but with a fibrinous product or false membrane formed more or less extensively on the inflamed mucosa.
Symptoms are essentially those of catarrhal cystitis from which it is distinguished by the presence in the urine of flakes of the fibrinous membrane.
Treatment is essentially the same as in the catarrhal form, to which may be added the injection of a solution of 4 grains scale pepsin to the ounce of sterilized water. The boric acid solution may be of the strength of 20 per cent. Irrigate two or three times a day.