Appendix to a Proposal for a new manner of cutting for the stone : containing an account of some cases operated on after that manner, in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / by John Thomson.

John Thomson

Date:: 1810

Credit: Appendix to a Proposal for a new manner of cutting for the stone : containing an account of some cases operated on after that manner, in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / by John Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$stools. An attempt was made this morning to ex- tract the stone, by introducing a blunt gorget upon the groove of the curved staff; and after considerable difficulty, in laying hold .of it with the forceps, it was extracted with difficulty. The stone had a rough surface, was an inch and a half long, and nearly the same in breadth. Habeat Stat. Haust. Anod. ex Tinct. Opii. Gtt. XL. \ 11 th. A good night. Tenesmus and pain in voiding urine, have ceased since the extraction of the stone. Has had three loose stools since the visit of yesterday. P. 82. Skin moist. Ab- domen continues free from pain. Cont. Haust. h. s. ex Tinct. Opii. Gtt. xxx. 12th. Has had two loose stools since yester- day. P. about 80. Continues easy in every res- pect. Cont. Mist. Diaph. Salin. et Haust. Anod. 13th. A good night; has had two stools since yesterday. Urine flows freely by the wound, which has a healthy appearance. Contin. Med. 14th. Continues easy. Habeat Vini Rub. Svi. in dies. Cont. Med. 16th. Augeat. Vinum ad §viii. in dies. Cont. Haust. Anod. ex Tinct. Opii Gtt.XLV.$