Principles of lithotrity; or, a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup.

  • Heurteloup, (Charles Louis Stanislaus), M. le Baron, 1793-1864.
Date:
1831
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Principles of lithotrity; or, a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Kings College London. The original may be consulted at Kings College London.

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    to lithotriiy a more scientific form, by sub- stituting for the exclusive and empirical em- ployment of a single instrument the rational and accurately-adjusted application of several, forming a combined system, by which each one shall be fitted to the form and size of the stone or fragment to be destroyed. This is the object I have had in view throughout my labours, and the problem it formed, is that which I have sought to solve. Desiring to present a series of combinations established on this basis, it will be understood that long application on my part has been required. It will also be conceived that I could not, without misleading or giving a false idea, present them to the public in parts; and in this necessity of giving them the most complete form possible, will be found the cause of the delay that has taken place before I could fulfil the honourable condition* which the Institute imposed, when that learned body * When the first prize of surgery was awarded to me, the Insti- tute expressed a wish that I should describe and make known my instruments as soon as possible.