PROSTATIC CALCULI.

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It is a well known fact that in some way altered prostatic secretion often forms concretions. According to Virchow, and to Morgagni before him, there is a proteid in the prostatic secretion which when present in excess is precipitated in the acini of the gland forming these concretions. The concretions in some instances start up an inflammation of low grade with an excess secretion of mucus. The epithelial detritus, together with the mucus and concretions, forms the nucleus for the deposit of mineral salts forming the calculi. They may be present in any or all parts of the gland. They may be single or multiple, and in a few cases the gland may be so filled with plates of calculi as to give the sensation of one stony shell. In size they vary from a millet seed to a peach pit. They are usually rounded, and when there are many

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