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Mary le Comte of Ttiepdal near Rouen , aged 12, 
cut the 24th of May 1740, had a- Stone of a mid- 
dling Size. In three Hours fhc retain’d her Urine, 
fo as not to difeharge it but voluntarily. I thought 
it was the pretty common Effect of the inflamma- 
tory Swelling, which frequently happens after the 
Operation; and that the Suppuration would foon 
relax thefe Parts, and open the Wound ; but I was 
miftaken. There was not the lead Suppuration. 
Mary le Comte perform’d all the Functions of this 
Organ, as ufual ; and being tired of the Bed, to 
which fha was confined againft her Will, fhc got up 
the third Day, in good Health, without ahy Acci- 
dent fupervening. 
At the fame time that I was labouring to improve 
the Manner of cutting Women, and fhorten the 
Operation, I contrived another Gorget {Fig. 4.) 
which, befides the grooved Staff of the former, con- 
tain’d within it the cutting Inflrument, which was 
to make the Incifion or Enlargement; that is to fay, 
the three Inftruments in one : And this Inflrument 
was attended with this Advantage, that it could ferve 
for Men as‘ well as W omen. One Hand is fufficient 
to perform tlie Operation with this Inflrument ; 
but as the other Hand became in a manner ufelefs; 
and moreover, as it is probable that a Perfon can 
better depend on an Incifion made directly with the 
Hand, than on thofe which are made by Machines 
or Springs. I have not hitherto ufed this Inftru- 
ment; tho’ poflibly the Habit I had contracted of 
ufing the others has fome Share herein. However 
that be, I have annexed the Figure and Defcr:ption 
of this Gorget, that thofe who like it, may make 
ufc of it. 
N z Explanation 
