A treatise of lithotomy; or, Of the extraction of the stone out of the bladder.

Written in French by Tolet.translated into English by A. Lovell. London, printed by H.H. for W. Cademan, 1683.

Dedicated to Thomas Hobbes, lithotomist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital by the translator. The illustrations are remarkable fine, the operations with the exact methods by which the assistants are to pin the struggling patients, the instruments, the operating table, are beautifully shown in full detail.

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