. Tri-State medical journal . mber of the French Academiede Chirurgie, rioted for his wonderful dexterity, Cheselden possessed thetenderness of a child. Distinguished as an anatomist, it is as a surgeonand particularly as a lithotomist thathe will be remembered. His dexter-ity was the wonder of his contempo-raries and stories are told of his hav-ing cut a patient for the stone infifty-four seconds. Early in his ca-reer he made the high operation ac-cording to the method of James Doug-lass but this was soon superseded bythe lateral method which, introducedby Friar James (Frere Jacques), wasprac
. Tri-State medical journal . mber of the French Academiede Chirurgie, rioted for his wonderful dexterity, Cheselden possessed thetenderness of a child. Distinguished as an anatomist, it is as a surgeonand particularly as a lithotomist thathe will be remembered. His dexter-ity was the wonder of his contempo-raries and stories are told of his hav-ing cut a patient for the stone infifty-four seconds. Early in his ca-reer he made the high operation ac-cording to the method of James Doug-lass but this was soon superseded bythe lateral method which, introducedby Friar James (Frere Jacques), waspracticed by and buried as a secretwith Rau or Ravius. Unlike Rau,Cheselden announced his method tothe world. In 1723, his Treatise onthe High Operation appeared. Sevenyears later he published a ShortHistorical Account of Cutting Jorthe Stone. Cheselden cured sixout of every seven upon whom heoperated, while by the old methodsin use in Paris two in five died ina series of eight hundred operations. The operation known as iridotomy. WILLIAM CHESELDEN. wras introduced by him. DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAY SURGERY. By Webb J. Kelly, M. D., of Galion, Ohio. Secretary of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons. Notes. The Chief Surgeons condensed clinical report on the Plant System ofRailways for the month ending- May 31, 1895, shows number of patientstreated, 411; number of patients discharged cure 395; number of patientsunder treatment 16; number of deaths, none. Coming Session of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons. The Publication Committee, including Drs. Cole, Galbraith, Daniels,Kibler, Reed, and Kelly, met at Galion, Ohio, June 1st, and mapped out aprogram for the coming meeting which when published will be a genuinesurprise. The date of the meeting was changed to September 25th, 26thand 27th. All papers will be limited to twenty minutes and each individualdebator to ten. The program will be divided into three parts: Medico-Legal, Surgical and Sanitary. President J. B. Murphy.—The
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