Retention of Urine

ETFENTION of ulilne is onie of the most distressing symptomis affecting the humani race.It is, moreover, a symptom wlhiclh nian be overlooked when present, or diagnosed when absenit.'The fi-st of these pitfalls is due to retention with overflow beiing mistaken for true incontinenice.I once saw a patienit in the? padded loom of a mental-ward, whitlher he had been trainsferred froml a general hospital, wlhere the (liagnosis of miaima had been made.The patient 'was rollinig abouit the floor andl scratching his hy-pogastriumi with his finger-nails.He. hadl been in the pad(led roomi about tmwel-e hours.The attendant, in charge of hiim in- formed me that the pzatient lhadl beeni passing ulrine freely, btut that he was iniconitinent.Oni examiniing the patienit