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iierftands nothing at all in the way of drelling Woueds^ 
nor in the Dyet which the Patient is to obferve, which 
things he doth not value. 
In tnis way he Operatethas dexteroufly as any of our^ 
beft Operators, 
Very often he Cutteth the Patient upon the Gripe, al- 
moft in the fame manner as was ufed formerly, except 
that he maketh the Incifion in the fame place as for the 
former; this way he liketh better than the other, and it 
feemeth to be more favoured by him,and indeed it is (urea% 
though the preffing upon the Belly, which he doth, is 
a very bad Method. 
He Cutteth Women upon the Staff, and in the fame 
place as Men; he did perform this Operation in 
my Prefence upon Three, One whereof was but 
a Girl of Eleven years old ; which maketh me 
believe that he ufeth the fame way in all, though 
in them he did cut the internal Neck of the t)- 
terta. 
But to tell you my Opinion, That way, neither in 
Men nor in Women , is not fo fure as the ancient 
way, by reafon that the point of his Knife not being 
direded by the Staff, he is always in danger of piercing 
all the Membranes of the Bladder through and through ; 
and befides the place whereupon he maketh the Incifion^ 
being full of confiderable Veflels, one can hardly avoid 
i\ the cutting fome of them, we have obferved in 
almoft all tiiat dyed in his Hands, that there was a great 
deal of Blood in the Bladder, and in fome, in the Cavity 
of the Abdomen. 
He fucceedeth better when the Stone is big and large, 
i ihan when it is fmall, by reafon that a big Stone not 
only extendeth the Bladder, but it ftoppeth the point 
of the Knife ^ He did refufe to cut one, in whoft 
Bladder. 
