An account of the mode of performing the lateral operation of lithotomy : with illustrations / by Edward Stanley.

  • Stanley, Edward, 1793-1862.
Date:
1829
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the mode of performing the lateral operation of lithotomy : with illustrations / by Edward Stanley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    In subjects of an advanced age, a deep perineum, as it is termed, is fre- quently met with. This may be occasioned either by an unusual quantity of fat in the perineum, or by an enlarged prostate, or by the dilatation of that part of the rectum which is contiguous to the prostate and bladder Under either of these circumstances, the prostate and bladder become situ- ated higher in the pelvis than naturally, and, consequently, at a greater distance from the perineum. In an instance of this kind, the lateral oper- ation was performed by an experienced surgeon, who was not prepared to find the prostate and bladder so deeply situated, and he was in consequence compelled to continue the incisions more deeply, after he had supposed that they reached the bladder.