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A selection from a little-known medical treatise of the early 19th century is presented which describes the condition of urinary stress incontinence and its treatment by means of pessaries, mechanical occlusive devices and electrical stimulation therapy. The author provides a foreshadowing of therapies that would come into more common use 150 years later.
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Received: 19 June 2002 / Accepted: 21 July 2002
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Lewis Wall, L. The treatment of urinary incontinence in 1814. Int Urogynecol J 14, 67–69 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-002-1010-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-002-1010-7