Report made to the Institute of France, on the 22d of March, 1824 / by Baron Percy and Chev. Chaussier on a memoir presented by M. Civiale, M.D., of the faculty of Paris, entitled A new method of destroying the stone in the bladder without the operation of lithotomy ; translated from the French by R. La Roche.

  • Percy, Pierre-François, baron, 1754-1825.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Report made to the Institute of France, on the 22d of March, 1824 / by Baron Percy and Chev. Chaussier on a memoir presented by M. Civiale, M.D., of the faculty of Paris, entitled A new method of destroying the stone in the bladder without the operation of lithotomy ; translated from the French by R. La Roche. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of alteration of the viscus which contained it. The stones have presented many varieties in respect to volume and hardness. Among them one was found composed of uric acid, and as large as a hen's egg, and which necessitated eight repetitions of the operation for its complete destruc- tion. In general, the smaller and more friable they arc, the sooner and with more facility the cure is effected.