Introduction to the catalogue of the collections of calculi of the bladder upwards of one thousand in number (besides foreign bodies) removed by operation.

  • Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904.
Date:
1893
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Introduction to the catalogue of the collections of calculi of the bladder upwards of one thousand in number (besides foreign bodies) removed by operation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

    34/68 (page 26)
    The calculi in fourteen female cases (one a girl) were :— Uric acid Uric acid and phosphate Phosphates [Brought forward 977] 10 2 2 The calculi in children were:— Uric acid Urate and phosphate Oxalate Oxalate and urate Phosphate . Sixteen cases 14 . of male 10 3 1 1 16 14 16 Total number of cases 1,007 The age of male patients with calculus will be next examined. I have already referred to the very large proportion of elderly men who are affected with calculus, in calling attention to the circumstance that this im- portant fact has not been hitherto recognised. The statements now made will illustrate this view. Of the entire record of 1,007 cases, the number of male patients (adults and children) operated on was 993. Their ages are shown in the following table, which presents them in five classes, for reasons which will appear. Class 1. Contains all from the earliest age to puberty, say from the 1st to the 15th year. Class 2. The period from 15 to 25 years, at which stone is most rare. Class 3. From 25 to 50, during which it gradually becomes more frequent. Class 4. From 50 to 70, when stone, especially uric acid, abounds.