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urine it became spongy, and was readily clogged. The 
catheters used in this operation should have the inside of the 
tube polished like the outside. 
May 30. The patient had a good night. The urine es- 
caped by the wound, which looked healthy ; he is quite free 
from pain, and in all respects better. A little urine came 
by the penis. He was moved into another bed. 
May 31. His night not so good, but the pulse natural ; the 
tongue losing its whiteness ; the urine came for the most part 
by the wound, but in gushes of two or three table-spoonfuls 
at a time. Sat up for ten minutes in a chair. 
June 1. He sat up an hour. Urine still comes principally 
by the wound. 
June 2. The patient is gradually gaining strength ; sat up 
twice in the day. 
June 3. He sat up in a chair for upwards of two hours; 
and while in the effort of having a stool, a considerable quan- 
tity of urine came by the urethra. 
June 4. Some urine still came by the wound ; the abdo- 
minal muscles not acting, excepting when at stool. After 
sitting Up some hours a soft bougie was passed, and imme- 
diately withdrawn, to clear the urethra : it was followed by 
a few drops of urine. 
June 5. Sat up nine hours; and twice in a full stream 
made eight ounces of water ; from that time none escaped 
by the wound. 
June 9. The wound has become superficial, and the bladder 
retains eight or ten ounces at a time. 
It is to be remarked, that the stone had been an unusual 
number of years in the bladder, was of the roughest possible 
