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this Society the following fhort account, and, at 
the fame time, of fubmitting to their infpedtion as 
much of the cafe, as the nature of the affair could ad- 
mit of being exhibited. 
Case. 
Thomas Bingham, a very healthy young man, 20 
years old, came from Yarmouth to London, in Sep- 
tember 1759, and put himfelf under my care, to be 
cured of a fwelling, which he had in his urethra. 
Upon queftioning the patient, I was informed by 
him, that he had little or no pain ; that he had never 
perceived the leaft difficulty in voiding his urine, nor 
had he ever had the leaft involuntary efflux of it : he 
had not at any time fuffered in the leaft but' from 
the bulk and weight of fomething that grew in his 
urinary paftage (urethra), which, upon exercife of 
late, proved troublefome to him. Upon infpedlion, 
I difcovered a confiderable prominence betwixt the 
tefticles and anus. Upon feeling the part with my 
fingers, there appeared a very evident hardnefs and 
tumor. 
By introducing a large, fmooth, and ducftile, probe 
into the urethra, it was evident there was a ftone or 
ftones lodged in that paffage. I advifed the cutting 
the tumor out, which was complied with ; and in the 
following manner I proceeded to the performance of 
the operation. 
The patient being fupinely placed upon a fteady 
table, of a convenient height, covered with a double 
blanket, and a pillow put under his fhoulders, I 
caufed his hands and feet to be tied together; and, by 
proper affiftants, he was held in the fame pofition as 
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