Syme's operation III
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Bibliography
- J. Syme:
Description of an instrument for dilating the female urethra.
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, 1825.
On stricture of the urethra and fistula in perineo. 1849.
2nd edition, 1855, with appendix: Reclamation addressed by Mr. Syme to the Imperial Academy of Medicine of Paris, relative to the remarks of that body on the mode of treating obstinate strictures of the urethra.
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