Volume 1

The history of the lateral operation, or an account of the method of extracting a stone, by making a wound near the great protuberance of the os ischium ... first attempted by Frère Jacques ... and afterwards by Professor Rau ... With a postscript concerning the introduction and improvement of this method here in London / By James Douglas.

  • Douglas, James, 1675-1742.
Date:
1726
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Credit: The history of the lateral operation, or an account of the method of extracting a stone, by making a wound near the great protuberance of the os ischium ... first attempted by Frère Jacques ... and afterwards by Professor Rau ... With a postscript concerning the introduction and improvement of this method here in London / By James Douglas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hold of, than by the ftrait ones which have been hitherto ufed. It is true, that crooked Forceps will be weaker than the others; but the dif¬ ference in Strength would be more than compenfated by the Facility of charging the Stone ; becaufe in this, rather than in the Force heceflary to extract it when laid hold of, the Inconvenieney I am talking about Jfeems toconfi/h >