1901] MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 213 
Urethritis may be due to diathetic conditions, to chronic 
urethral discharges, to morbid states of the urine (cystitis), 
to sexual abuses, to dietetic excesses and irregularites, or 
alcoholism. In urethritis the inflammation is generally 
most marked in the anterior portion of the canal, but in 
the severe types it involves the entire canal down to the 
bulbo membranous junction or extends to the posterior 
Urethrococcus(magnified 1500 times), common pus cocci 
of the urethra, 
urethra, The infection may extend from the meatus to 
the bladder. The treatment of urethritis comprises many 
methods, but it isseldom treated upon sound and rational 
therapeutic principles. The abortive treatment frequent- 
ly resorted to has often led to serious consequences and 
is frequently employed by the patient prior to consulting 
a physician, while the rational or methodical treatment 
is seldom applied until urethritis is well established. 
