The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth,
FETE RATIONAL 'TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru-
ments in the tr.iatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is tile source of most of the se-
vere, ion:;-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
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By F. B. COURTENA Y,

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frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
,n 4 PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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PART contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Diseafe
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