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"Strictures of the urethra may be classified as transitory or permanent—transitory when the result of muscular spasm, congestion or inflammation—permanent, when through wrong treatment of the urethral canal. Transitory stricture of the inflammatory form is produced by gonorrhea and its maltreatment, and the injudicious use of catheters or bougies. It is known by local heat, pain or swelling, with inability to urinate, unless with extreme pain. When of the spasmodic variety, it is usually seated at the neck of the bladder. It may be induced by violent exercise, long retention of the urine, or sexual excesses. Permanent stricture may be located in any part of the urethra, but it more frequently occurs in the membraneous