Concretion of material, usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body

Principles of lithotrity; or a treatise on the art of extracting the stone without incision / By Baron Heurteloup.

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving.

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), they are surrounded by a group of people. Pencil drawing by P. Quast, 1645.

Livre des simples médecines, in French.

Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.

Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity) Line engraving by L. van Leyden, 1524.

A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.

Hexaurol soluciona todos los calculos.... / Laboratorios Dr. Laureano Pequeño.

George Jones of London : Student in the Art of Physick and Chyrurgery for about Thirty years, is now resident at his house in Hatton-Garden, where he hath lived for above seven years : His Friendly Pills: they are the true tincture of the sun ... / George Jones.

On the preventive treatment of calculous disease and the use of solvent remedies / by Sir Henry Thompson.

2 unnumbered pages, 150 , 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

iv, 204 pages, 4 folded leaves of plates ; 23 cm (8vo)

A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

Material: paper; 40 ll. (last bl.). obl.; leaf dimensions: width 15 cm, length 9 cm

MS.145

Adenomatous Tumours of the Abdominal Viscera

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On the preventive treatment of calculous disease and the use of solvent remedies / by Sir Henry Thompson.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

MS.145

Adenomatous Tumours of the Abdominal Viscera

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On the preventive treatment of calculous disease and the use of solvent remedies / by Sir Henry Thompson.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

MS.145

Adenomatous Tumours of the Abdominal Viscera

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