LITHOTRITY
\lɪθˈɒtɹɪti], \lɪθˈɒtɹɪti], \l_ɪ_θ_ˈɒ_t_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\
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By William R. Warner
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The operation of breaking, bruising or sawing the stone in the bladder. It has been performed, of late years, with success, by French, and, after them, by English and American surgeons. The instruments employed for this purpose are called, in the abstract, Lithotrites, Lithotriteurs, Lithotritors, Lithotriptors, Lithothryptors, Lithotrypetae and Lithoclasts. The most celebrated are those of Civiale, Jacobson, Heurteloup and Weiss. See Brise-Pierre articule; and Percuteur a Marteau.
By Robley Dunglison
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