Rode
reports the case of a woman who had introduced a hog's penis into
her urethra. It was removed by an incision into this canal, but
the patient died in five days of septicemia. There is a curious
case quoted of a young domestic of fourteen who was first seen
suffering with pain in the sides of the genital organs, retention
of urine, and violent tenesmus. She was examined by a midwife who
found nothing, but on the following day the patient felt it
necessary to go to bed. Her general symptoms persisted, and
meanwhile the bladder became much distended. The patient had made
allusion to the loss of a hair-pin, a circumstance which
corresponded with the beginning of her trouble. Examination
showed the orifice of the urethra to be swollen and painful to
the touch, and from its canal a hair-pin 6.5 cm. long was
extracted. The patient was unable to urinate, and it was
necessary to resort to catheterization. By evening the general
symptoms had disappeared, and the next day the patient urinated
as usual.
There are peculiar cases of hair in the bladder, in which all
history as to the method of entrance is denied, and which leave
as the only explanation the possibility that the bladder was in
communication with some dermoid cyst.
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