Practical observations on the lateral operation of lithotomy / [William Keith].

  • Keith, William, 1802 or 1803-1871
Date:
[1844]
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Credit: Practical observations on the lateral operation of lithotomy / [William Keith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 was operated on upon the 4th day after admission. 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 23 Total. 9 th 14th 15 th 16 th 17tli 18th 20 th 21st 24th 25 th 26th 27th 37 th 38th 44th 51st 74th, whose age was 74. 25^3 as the average. Some may think I am prolix on this head; but I wish it fairly to be seen that, in my experience, few or none presented in which it would have been safe to have merely administered a dose of castor-oil, and then have proceeded to operate. In a disease that has existed for months or for years, I can see no necessity for hur¬ rying the patient to the operating table, especially as, during the period of preparation, the kind and attentive surgeon will have an opportunity of securing the well-grounded confidence of the suf- erer m his skill—a feeling desirable in every case where an ope- iithot1omy0ntemP ated’ ^ °nfc *lmost essential to the success of Mly, The instruments X use, and would recommend to others aic few and simple. With the exception of a forceps the whole will be seen represented of exactly half their naturalffisSSfcM ber of this Journal. h 1 °f the Present num' 1. The staff is large, curved and Irmrv i*v. +1 enter wtdl ,'ntn ni H i . an 1 ionS m the curve, so as to Sfi 5 SS* - *m‘;s Safas and,' short TsIVbTtf luttinI'aD/e’-nrr<>-W and shor‘ in tlle b]ade ? ter from the point • the bach of ft *S ™^e.d an ’ncb and quar- thc heel of the blade hich fw P°mt is tounded off a little ; of it when necessary Kts h 1 * Ty ehort bold can be taken blade, and squared'until Kv*7 narrow’ t^ck in the the point, which is the extent of “d qUWter of