VOL. XVII.
FEBRUARY 1899
NO. 2.
Correspondence.
A LESS DISAGREEABLE MODE OF MASSAGING THE PROSTATE AND VESICLES WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS
EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS AND GENITO-URINARY DISEASES.
Almost every surgeon who has become convinced of the value of massage of the prostate or seminal vesicles, in connection with chronic congestion or inflammation of these organs, has been strongly tempted to use certain instrumental masseurs, solely for the purpose of avoiding the exceedingly disagreeable and unesthetic introduction of the finger into the rectum; and yet it was evident that such instrumental treatment could not equal in efficacy that given by the educated finger, directed and controlled by the delicate sense of touch lying in that member.
As Dr. Christian said, in a recent paper:1 "This maneuver should be carried out by the finger alone. Mechanical devices for stripping the gland may be more esthetic, but they certainly do not accomplish the purpose so well as the finger."
I have removed a large degree of discomfort of the procedure—that arising from the contamination . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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