lithotomy
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lithotomies
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Origin of lithotomy
1715–25; < Late Latin lithotomia < Greek lithotomía. See litho-, -tomy
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William Clifford Hogg, 55, Texas oil operator, son of the late Governor James Stephen Hogg, brother of Michael, Thomas and Ima Hogg*; after a lithotomy, at Baden-Baden, Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
It boldly reported on a bungled lithotomy by Bransby Cooper, nephew of famed Surgeon Sir Astley Cooper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Syme on, 178.Cheselden on amputation, 49.on lithotomy, 260.Chopart's amputation, 75.Civiale on lithotrity, 275.Club-foot, operations for, 297.Cock on œsophagotomy, 216.paracentesis thoracis, 220.on puncture of bladder, 285.Colles on ligature of brachial, 44.Cooper,
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Joseph Bell
In the operation of lithotomy he recommended that the blade of the knife should be guarded by a tube.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by James Sands Elliott
A story that does not admit of verification attributes to Brougham a whole number of the Edinburgh, including an article on lithotomy and another on Chinese music.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by John Louis Haney
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