On the causes of death after lithotomy / by Thomas Bryant.

  • Bryant, Thomas, 1828-1914.
Date:
[1857]
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Credit: On the causes of death after lithotomy / by Thomas Bryant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    my‘/ ^ 1 ON THE CAUSES OF DEATH A THOUGHTFUL mail having failed in any of the ordinary transactions of life^ upon which he has bestowed much labour and great attention, quietly sits down, and patiently searches out for the causes of his failure \ with the hope, that, on the repetition of his attempt, he may steer clear of the diflSculties which previously had interfered with his success. With similar feelings the surgeon carries out this same principle; and with the view of rendering less fatal the operation of litho- tomy, I have been induced to search out for the causes of its failure ; and thus, having carefully compiled from the records of Guy’s Hospital materials upon which some definite con- clusions may be drawn, the hope may be expressed that the attempt will not- be fruitless, and that some of the causes of death may in future be avoided. From the clinical vccovds of the hospital I have been en- abled to collect 176 cases of lithotomy; and from the notes of the necroscopic examinations, together with those from the above which terminated in death, 40 fatal cases have been collated. The careful analysis of these materials is given in the following pages, and the first point which asks for our in- vestigation is the influence of age upon the fatality of the operation.