Unpublished paper, 'On the application of lithotrity as an operation for the cure of stone illustrated by cases' by W B [William Birmingham] Costello
Reference number: AP/14/4
Date: 27 May 1830

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Costello recounts ten cases of individuals with bladder stones who were cured either by Costello or by [Jean] Civiale through lithotrity, an operation in which stones are broken up and then extracted from the patient.
Minor emendations appear in graphite.
Subject: Surgery
- Reference number
- AP/14/4
- Earliest possible date
- 27 May 1830
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 26 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, 'On the application of lithotrity as an operation for the cure of stone illustrated by cases' by W B [William Birmingham] Costello, 27 May 1830, AP/14/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_14_4/unpublished-paper-on-the-application-of-lithotrity-as-an-operation-for-the-cure-of-stone-illustrated-by-cases-by-w-b-william-birmingham-costello, accessed on 15 February 2025
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Archived papers: volume 14, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1830
1828-1830 Reference number: AP/14
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