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...operated comfortably and successfully on Raymond Poincaré's prostate gland (TIME, Dec. 23), and from Milan an eminent German proctologist. It has been well known that His Holiness, like very many elderly men of immaculate habits, suffers from prostatic hypertrophy. The infirmity can become painful, can cause bladder distress, uremia. The specialists decided that there was at least no immediate necessity of prostatectomy, relieved him by catheterization, advised him to abstain from many papal obligations. Such advice His Holiness, a man of indomitable will, of course disregarded for the nonce. Perhaps after the public investiture...
Long afflicted with arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), myocarditis (inflammation of the muscular tissue of the heart) and cystitis (bladder inflammation), Mr. Taft, 72, suffered a collapse when, last December, he returned from his brother's funeral in Cincinnati. After hospitalization he went to Asheville, N. C., for rest. There he grew worse. Last week he was brought back to Washington...
...defeated Republican nominee for President (1912), Kent professor of law at Yale (1913-21). Chief Justice (1921-30). His judicial tendency: toward a cheerful conservatism, trying to keep-up-with-the times without violating tradition. Outstanding decisions: none. Reason for resigning: 111 health (bladder; a breakdown following his brother's funeral in December...
There are two operative ways of reaching the prostate to remove the enlarged portions: 1) by opening through the perineum (crotch); 2) by cutting through the abdomen, between the navel and the joint of the pubic bones, and opening the bladder...
...tumor process. Although it makes the victims uneasy and uncomfortable, it is rarely painful. Authorities estimate that one of three males over 60, suffers from prostatic hypertrophy. Gonorrhea in early manhood is a frequent, but by no means the sole cause.* The prostate gland nestles between the male bladder and rectum. Anatomically it corresponds to the womb. Normally it has the shape of a large chestnut 1¼ to 1½ in. wide by 1 to 1¾ in. long. It produces a thin, cloudy, slightly alkaline, albuminous secretion, the physiological function of which is to increase the swimming speed...