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to make Water thro’ the Yard, he was obliged to put 
himfdf on his Belly ; and when he lay on his Back, 
the Urine came out thro’ the Wound. To prevent 
which, I put a common Catheter into the Urethra , 
which he could not bear : I changed it for one made 
like an S; but that alfo he could not bear. A Fever 
feized him, which made a greater Quantity of Urine 
pafs thro’ the W ound ; fo that I was compell’d to let 
him lie on his Belly, to fupprefs this Efflux, which, 
one would be apt to think, ought to be facilitated by 
this Situation. The Reafon of this uncommon Ap- 
pearance feems to be, that the Opening of the Blad- 
der, and that of the Integuments, no longer anfwer- 
ing to one another, the Pofture on the Belly applied 
the Wound of the Bladder, now fhrunk, and become 
lower, againft the ‘Pubis j and thereby flopp’d up the 
Paflage of the Urine [that Way]. I allow’d him to 
put himfelf in whatever Pofture agreed beft with 
him : And, notwithftanding feveral Indigeftions, 
which his Greedinefs of Eating was the Occafton of, 
he was perfe&ly cured. 
Explanation of Fig. 5. and < 5 . in Tab. IV. 
Fig. 5. 
The Bladder of Antony Germain open’d throughout, 
and its Neck flit by two Incifions. 
A Ay The Fundus of the Bladder. 
BB y The Neck of the Bladder. 
c c, The Orifices of the Ureters dilated to the Breadth 
of an Inch. 
ddy A tranfverfe Fold, which imprinted on the Stone 
the circular Furrow which appears thereon. 
