“A valuable article on the subject of ‘urethrocele’ by Nathan Bozeman will be found in the American Journal of Obstetrics for February, 1871, that advocates the making of an opening in the most dependent part of the urethra through the vaginal wall, and maintaining it until all the inflammation has been relieved, and then closing the opening by the usual plastic operation.  This, with appropriate cleansing and topical applications, soon restores the mucous membrane to its normal condition, and the removal of neoplasm's or redundant tissue, during the operation of closing the opening, effectually cures the whole trouble in marked cases of longstanding duration.”