Modern Urology, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from Modern Urology, Vol. 1: In Original Contributions by American AuthorsUrology as a specialty is still young. It is not more than a genera tion since there have been in America men of eminence who devoted themselves exclusively to this subject.The surgeons who contributed to the great System of Genito urinary Surgery, by the late Prince A. Morrow, M.D., were none of them, properly speaking, specialists. They were general surgeons whose interests. Had attracted them to this branch of surgery but Who still devoted most of their time to general work.The development of the specialty has been due to refinements in diagnosis and particularly to the introduction and development of the cystoscope, which though it was introduced by our foreign col leagues, has been brought to its highest development in this country. It is today quite impossible for the general surgeon to master thor oughly the details of urological diagnosis, and though he may be expert in the refinements of operative treatment, he of necessity fulfils the function of the therapeutist rather than that of the diagnostician.The development of the last generation has added much to the dig nity of urology. More and more the care and management of venereal disease has fallen in the background. Syphilis with its many develop ments has become almost a specialty in itself and largely separated from urology. It is for this reason that it has seemed wise to abandon the heretofore common joint consideration of genito - urinary diseases and syphilis and consider this disease only insofar as it effects the genito-urinary apparatus. This separation I believe is certain to become more rather than less marked. The relation of syphilis to genito-urinary diseases is purely incidental. Many of its develop ments belong far more truly to the realm of the internist and the neurologist and its importance in the community justifies its being allowed to develop unhampered by its purely accidental relationship.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.