Lithotomy and Extraction of Stone
This large and handsome volume describes lithotomy only, no mention being made of lithotrity ; and is a compilation of the most innocent and naive character. Without the slightest pretensions to original observation or research, the author has bundled together in a tolerably well-arranged manner the data on the subject of lithotomy from a few of the most familiar works on surgery in the English language. He has apparently arranged these fragments under different heads in a common-place book, and then persuaded