Case of the high operation of lithotomy : in which unusual difficulty was experienced in the extraction of the stone / by George Ballingall.

  • Ballingall, George, 1780-1855.
Date:
[1826]
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Credit: Case of the high operation of lithotomy : in which unusual difficulty was experienced in the extraction of the stone / by George Ballingall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /. CASE OF THE HIGH OPERATION OF LITHOTOMY, IN WHICH UNUSUAL DIFFICULTY WAS EXPERI- ENCED IN THE EXTRACTION OF THE STONE. c By George Baiaingall, M. D., F. R. S. E., Surgeon Extraordinary to the King for Scotland, and Regius Professor of Military Surgery in the University of Edin- burgh. (Read Wednesday 1st March 1826.J (From the Medico-Chirurgical Society's Transactions.) Royal Infirmary^ Feb. 10. 1826. David Meek, aet. 6, a delicate looking boy, was brought into the Infirmary on the 30th iilt., and the following account of his complaints obtained from his parents, who accompanied him. He was report- ed to have had difficulty in passing his urine, ever since he was at the breast, and to have been in the habit of passing it in bed. His father stated, that the excretion of the urine was generally preceded by a complaint of pain, and that he has been occa- sionally observed to grasp the genitals, and to suffer