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  • Principles of lithotrity; or a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup.
  • Principles of lithotrity; or a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup.
  • Principles of lithotrity; or a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving.
  • An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast, 1645.
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    On the preventive treatment of calculous disease and the use of solvent remedies / by Sir Henry Thompson.

    Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904. | Date: 1888
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    Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

    Cooper, Astley, Sir, 1768-1841. | Date: 1822
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    A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

    Carpue, J. C. (Joseph Constantine), 1764-1846. | Date: 1819
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Adenomatous Tumours of the Abdominal Viscera

    | Date: 1897-1950 | Reference: PP/FPW/B.6
    Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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    A treatise upon gravel and upon gout : in which their sources and connection are ascertained : with an examination of Dr. Austin's theory of stone, and other critical remarks. A dissertation on the bile and its concretions, and an enquiry into the operation of solvents / by Murray Forbes, member of the Surgeon's Company.

    Forbes, Murray, active 18th century. | Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]
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