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opening, and passing upwards between the bladder and the rectum; the possibility 

 of a small median wound of the bulb, especially in children, need not give rise 

 to anxiety, and so far as I am aware, no cases of troublesome haemorrhage have 

 been recorded. 



It is worthy of note that, contrary to what the anatomical text-books would 

 lead one to expect, the most difficult part of a child's urethra, after the meatus, 

 is often well in front of the membraneous portion, so that an incision in the 

 situation recommended almost always enables instruments of reasonable size to 

 be passed. 



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Keith, J. Forbes. Lancet, London (1892), 1, 1234, 1292. 

 Baker, K. Ibid (1896), 2, 1007; (1897), 2, 648. 

 Henderson, W. H. Ind. Med. Gas:. (1900). 

 Stevenson and Evans. Proc. Bombay Med. Cong. (1909). 



