Preputial calculus.

Object numberGC.6724
TitlePreputial calculus.
DescriptionPreputial calculus.
From a Chinese widower aet 52 years the subject of congenital phimosis. After removal of the calculus the thickened and inflamed prepuce was found to be the seat of a squamous-cell carcinoma. (E. C. Wilford. China Med. Journ. Shanghai 1925. xxxix 712).
The calculus weighs 28.35 gm. and measures 36 mm. in diameter. It is composed of sodium and calcium phosphate with traces of some organic substance.
Production date 1925
Object namePENIS
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen