The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 131
a Single Operation. 127 Injecting tube. If the sitting be protracted, as proposed, the water dribbles away; and the collapsing bladder, especially if trabeculated, is liable to serious damage from the lithotrite. To meet this difficulty, my lithotrite contains a tube or groove between the blades,… … Position of the hands in holding and locking the Lithotrite. Pig. 4. Lithotrite unlocked. Fig. 5. Lithotrite locked by a quarter rotation of the right wrist. Blades. The blades of this lithotrite consist of a shoe, or female blade, the sides of which are so low that a fragment readily falls upon…
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