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VIII, Extraft of a Letter from Benj. Heath 
Efq\ to Peter Davall EJq\ Seer. R. S. in- 
clofing a Propofal for intirely removing the 
only real Defeat in the lateral Operation 
for the Stone ; by Mr. John Mudge Sur- 
geon at Plymouth. 
Dear Sir , 
Read Feb. 2. *** TTAKE the Freedom of con- 
17481 veying to you a Memoir writ- 
ten by a very ingenious young Surgeon of my Ac- 
quaintance propofing an Improvement in the lateral 
Method of cutting for the Stone. His View in put- 
ting me on giving you this Trouble is, that it may 
be laid before the Society j and if it be thought to 
deferve it, it may be communicated to the Public 
in their Tran faff ions. I am, 
SIR, 
Exeter, Jan. 16. 
1748. lour moft humble Servant , 
Benj. Heath. 
A Propofal for intirely removing the only real 
Defeat in the lateral Operation for the Stone. 
T HO’ the lateral Method of cutting for the 
Stone is now almoft univerfally allow’d to 
have greatly the Advantage of any other hitherto dis- 
cover'd, yet it mud be confefs’d, that the Difficulty 
and 
