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A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1761
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ he recommends the Incifion of thefe Mufcles to be performed upon the Stone whilft in the Forceps, as a final Perfection of his new way of Cutting: But fo long as his external Inci¬ fion {hall reach no lower than about an Inch above the Anus, which will always be the Cafe, whilft he ufes a Trocar; the Parts rauft neceffarily be contufed in the Extraction of large Stones, notwithstanding the Meafure he here advifes. The exaCt Incifion of the Bladder feems ' i • i . 1 alfo to be another Difficulty in the Operation; for what Urine there is in the Bladder being immediately evacuated by the Trocar ; the Bladder itfelf will fubfide, and leave no Pro¬ tuberance to cut upon; in which Cafe, it is pofiible that either the Knife may fail to open the Bladder at all, or may wound it in more Places than one. M. Foubert recommends, as an Expedient for accomplilhing this Inci¬ fion, to prefs down the Extremity of the grooved Canula, at the fame Moment that you raife the Point of the Knife ; that, by keeping that Part of the Bladder fteady, it may be cut the more eafily; but I doubt that in general the right Execution of this Pro- cefis will be found too delicate for the greater Number of Operators. A NO-