Case of the high operation of lithotomy : in which unusual difficulty was experienced in the extraction of the stone / by George Ballingall.

  • Ballingall, George, 1780-1855.
Date:
[1826]
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Credit: Case of the high operation of lithotomy : in which unusual difficulty was experienced in the extraction of the stone / by George Ballingall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have detailed, is well deserving the attention of the Society. It now only remains for me to offer my acknow¬ ledgments to my colleagues in the Infirmary, and particularly to Mr Allan, who assisted me during the operation. To Dr Monro and to Mr George Bell I am much indebted, for the use of several in¬ genious kinds of forceps, with which 1 was glad to he provided in a case where difficulties were antici¬ pated. To Mr Benjamin Bell I am under peculiar obligations, for the neat and accurate sketches by which this paper is illustrated, the more so when I consider the promptitude with which they were so kindly undertaken, and the alacrity with which they were executed. 30 Abercromby Place, My Dear Sir, Monday, 13th February. Accompanying this note you will receive a sketch of a preparation, which was taken from the body of a patient who had long been afflicted with symptoms of stone in the bladder of urine. In this case the shape and situation of the stone was singularly re¬ markable. The stone (about the size of a pigeon’s egg, and of an ellipsoid form) was lodged in the su¬ perior fundus of the bladder, which grasped the whole of the surface completely, excepting a small portion about one-half inch in diameter, opposite to a trans¬ verse axis. The bladder was most contracted at this part; beyond which it became more expanded, and