Practical observations on the operation for the stone ... / By James Earle.

  • Earle, James, Sir, 1755-1817.
Date:
1796
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Credit: Practical observations on the operation for the stone ... / By James Earle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    concerned, is neceflary to the right perform¬ ance of every operation in furgery; in lithe* tomy it is peculiarly requifite, where the hand cannot be guided by the eye, but mu ft be wholly directed by anatomical knowledge. The firft obje<fts therefore which the litho- tomift fhould attend to, are the ftru&ure of the urethra and bladder, and their true difpo- fition with regard to the adjacent parts ; fome account of thefe it will not be unufeful to premife. Anatomy is beft learned by ocular invefti- gation, and is fo completely taught in the fe- veral fchools of this metropolis, that I fhould not think it neceflary to enter on the fubjedl in this place, but with the idea that a deferip- tion of the parts concerned may ferve to refrefh the memory of any one about to per¬ form the operation, and to render more intel¬ ligible my account of it. In this I (hall not attempt the minute demonftration .of an ana- 3 tomift,