Lithotomus castratus; or Mr. Cheselden's Treatise on the high operation for the stone, thoroughly examin'd and plainly found to be Lithotomia Douglassiana, under another title: in a letter to Dr. John Arbuthnot. With an appendix, wherein both authors are fairly compar'd / [By R.H. i.e. Robert Houstoun].

  • Houstoun, Robert, -1734
Date:
1723
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Credit: Lithotomus castratus; or Mr. Cheselden's Treatise on the high operation for the stone, thoroughly examin'd and plainly found to be Lithotomia Douglassiana, under another title: in a letter to Dr. John Arbuthnot. With an appendix, wherein both authors are fairly compar'd / [By R.H. i.e. Robert Houstoun]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had, he muft neceflarily have own d the previous iuccess of Mr. Douglas ; and the reasons a-lodg’d by him, to have been abfolutely his fir(1 real motives, and that would have fpoil’d the formal address in the front of his book, where, in the perfedt form of a true dedicator, he’s pleas’d to tell Dr. Mead, ‘ that j ‘ his fuccess in those operations, i were owing to the encourage- 4 ment that greatPhylician gave; ‘ him; both by his presence, and; cfavourable opinion of the un¬ dertaking. ’• In this part hither¬ to, they only differ, in all the reft they are fo much the fame, that if Mr. Chelelden be- not a me'er eccho of Mr. Douglas’s words, he’s certainly a-repeater .x. ** i