[152] Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, May 29, 1879.

[153] Gross, Surgery, 6th ed. vol. ii. p. 736.

[154] Holmes's Surgery, vol. iv. p. 392.

[155] See Miller's Practice of Surgery, p. 212.

[156] Solly's Surgical Experiences, pp. 537, 538, etc.

[157] The Immediate Treatment of Stricture. By Bernard Holt, F.R.C.S. London. Third Edition, 1868.

[158] Holmes's System of Surgery, 1st ed. vol. iv. p. 403.

[159] Diagram of puncture of the bladder:—b, bladder; sp, symphysis pubis; sc, scrotum; b, bulb; pr, peritoneum; p, prostate; r, rectum; s, sacrum and coccyx.

[160] Med. Chir. Trans., vol. xxxv.

[161] Diagram of operation for phymosis:—a, glans penis; b b, mucous membrane exposed by retraction of the skin, and slit up; c d, sutures introduced and ready to be tied, uniting the skin and mucous membrane.