Introduction to the catalogue of the collections of calculi of the bladder upwards of one thousand in number (besides foreign bodies) removed by operation.

Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904.

Date:: 1893

Credit: Introduction to the catalogue of the collections of calculi of the bladder upwards of one thousand in number (besides foreign bodies) removed by operation. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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$tion, as employed for all purposes, in the adult with five deaths. Mortality after Lithotrity.—This relates to the result in a total of 844 adult cases, and is here set forth in a tabular form. This number includes 472 cases by the old method of multiple sittings, and 372 cases by that of one sitting. Number of Cases Number of Deaths Percentage of Deaths 1. Cases reported to the Eoyal Med.- Chirurg. Sec. in 1877, and pub- lished in the ' Transactions,' 1878; all performed on the system then in vogue of *mul. tiple ' or numerous sittings, ac- cording to the size of the cal- culus . . ... Subsequent cases by the same method, which ceased in 1878 422 50 32 1 5 J 7-83 2. Cases of lithotrity' at one sitting,' commencing with No. 503, De- cember 1878, to March 1893, No. 857 372 12 3-22 The above figures testify to the efl&ciency of ' lithotrity at one sitting,' for calculi of large and moderate sizes, but excluding every formation weighing less than twenty grains; and occurring chiefly among men of advanced age (fifty to ninety years), the mortality being only a small fraction over 3 per cent. Causes of Death.—The first 500 Male Adult cases in this collection were presented to the Eoyal Medico- Chirurgical Society in 1878, and published in Transactions, vol. Ixi. These contained 61 fatal cases, which were tabulated as follows :— c$