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The Eurethra with which he draweth the Sand or 
Gravel, which remain fometimes in the Bladder after the 
Stone is out, is fhorter than ours. 
His Knife is much longer and flenderer than 
ours. 
He caufeth the Patient to ly flat upon his back, 
either upon his Bed, or upon a Table, whereupon is a 
foft Quilt, in fuch a manner, that the Fundament is 
three or four Fingers over the Table, (ome Servants 
fiipporting his Thighs and Legs. 
He ufeth no Ligature to fallen the Patient, giving 
him more liberty than we do ; he caufeth his Legs to 
be bent againft the Thighs, but not the Thighs againflr 
the Belly, except the left, v/hich in his Operation he u- 
feth more or lefs as he thinks fit. 
Then he introduceth the C^/k/^r or Staff into the 
Bladder ; which though bigger and fliorter than ours^ 
yet feemeth to run in eafier ; Very often he holdeth 
it himfelf with his left Hand, preffing it clofe toward 
the Fundament, in order to dilate and extend the Mem- 
branes of the Bladder then he feeleth with the Fingers 
of his right Hand , to find out the ftafF through the 
Skin 5 fo having felt it, he runneth hisincifion Knife 
at the bent of the left Thigh, upon the fat protuberan- 
cy below the Ifchium Bone, directly upward by the 
reftum to the Bladder, which he pierceth by its neck, 
and fometimes a little above it. 
When he Gutteth, the cutting parts of his Knife are 
turned upward and downward ; having thus pierced the 
Bladder, which he knoweth when the Urine runneth 
out,* then heturneth his Knife, and thrufteth it a little 
further, in order to open the Bladder wide enough, 
that his Finger may go in eafily ; then he withdraw- 
eth hisKnife, and enlargeth the Wound in the out- 
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