Having before us the records of some three thousand cases, grave, simple
and severe, that have come under our treatment in this country, as well
as the printed copies of the +French Hospital Reports+, and +Civiale's
Works+, in which he minutely reviews all phases of this complaint,
illustrating them with cases from his own practice, we feel justified
in assuring our readers that almost any case can be cured, provided
+thoroughness+ is the maxim of treatment.
The method of Profs. +Jean Civiale+ and +Lallemand+, as now perfected
and extended by us, and so justly named after +Civiale+, stands
unrivaled in its +success+ as well as its +simplicity+ and
+reasonableness+. To all such as suffer from this harassing complaint
we commend, first, a careful reading of the history of this discovery
and the eminent medical men and hospitals that endorse it; and, second,
a fair trial of these remedies, no matter how +hopeless+, +despondent+
and +despairing+ you may be. (See page 55.)
Although the advertising and spreading, and the ringing to full
perfection of this treatment is really due to us and our physicians,
still we feel in duty bound to always keep in view the two great French
surgeons who first discovered the method of +intra-urethral medication+.
_CHAPTER V._