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The third Sort of lateral Operation is that, wherein, 
under the Diredion of the fame grooved Staff, he 
cuts quite thro' the Neck of the Bladder, the Proftate. 
and the [inner J End of the Urethra. This is, pro- 
perly fpeaking. Frier Jaquess Method rectified ; that 
which Mr. Chefelden pradifed laft, that of Mr. Sharp 
his Difciple, and, probably, that of Mr. Ran ; if, 
after all, it is not of the fecond Sort. 
In fine, the fourth Sort of lateral Operation is that, 
in which, without touching the Urethra , or Neck 
of the Bladder, the Incifion is made into its Body, 
on one Side of the Neck. This is aferibed to Mr. 
Ran, but I am of Opinion, that the firfl: Perfons who 
tried it on the living Body were Mr. Bamber and Mr. 
Chefelden^ who foon after abandon'd it ; after them, 
Mr. Foubert , who endeavoured to improve it; and, 
in fine, myfelf, who am in hopes, that I have given 
it thofe Degrees of Perfedion, which were eflentially 
wanting in the Methods of thofe who went before 
me. 
This fourth Sort of lateral Operation, and thofe 
Improvements which I think I have added to it, are 
to be theSubjed of our firfl: Remarks. 
ARTICLE II. 
Remarks on the fourth Sort of lateral Operation , 
commonly aferibed to Mr. Rau. 
pRIER Jacques s Manner of Cutting, quite inipcr- 
^ fed: as it was, is the Source, or, at lead, the 
occaftonal Caufe, of all the new Methods of the late- 
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