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Germain Colot performing an operation for bladder stone. Coloured pencil drawing by A. Rivoulon.

St Benedict removing a bladder-stone from Emperor St Henry II during his sleep and placing it in his hand; to right, a doctor, sleeping.

A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants. Coloured engraving.

A surgeon performing a suprapubic lithotomy on a boy. Lithograph by R. Lemoine, 1899.

A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with five other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by F. Sesoni, 1749, after L. Heister.

A male patient on a table being held in the lithotomy position by two assistants. Woodcut, 1628.

Ernst Bumm operating on a male patient, other doctors monitor the patient's condition. Photogravure after R. Huebner, ca. 1924 .

Portrait of Pierre Dionis

A surgeon performing a lithotomy on a patient who is being restrained by three assistants, with ten other anatomical illustrations. Engraving by R. Parr.

Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

An appendix to the fourth edition of the anatomy of the human body ; printed separately for the use of those who have the former editions. To which are added, some observations relative to an erroneous statement made by James Douglass as to the nature of Cheselden's improved lateral operation of lithotomy.

Practical lithotomy and lithotrity, or, an inquiry into the best modes of removing stone from the bladder / by Sir Henry Thompson.

The human bladder: two figures showing growths in which bladder stones may be found; with instruments for puncturing the bladder, and a bladder stone (fig. 6, lower left). Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

Kentucky's pioneer lithotomists / by A.H. Barkley.

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Outlines of the lectures on surgery / delivered by Sir Astley Cooper, bart at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals.

Practical lithotomy and lithotrity, or, an inquiry into the best modes of removing stone from the bladder / by Sir Henry Thompson.

The human bladder: two figures showing growths in which bladder stones may be found; with instruments for puncturing the bladder, and a bladder stone (fig. 6, lower left). Etching by J. Mynde, 1743, after L. Heister.

Kentucky's pioneer lithotomists / by A.H. Barkley.