Case of Lithotomy
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A boy, about ton years old, was brought to the Gwalior Dispensary with symptoms of stone, and with a wound in the left groin, from which the urine dribbled. 11 is father stated that "four years before a " hakeem," in the city, had operated on him, and. had made the wound in the left groin, and removed a stone or part of one ; that the wound did not heal, and tlie boy for two years continued to complain of all the symptoms of stone ; he then took him to Agra, where a medical officer operated 011 hint, and re-opened tlie wound in the left groin, and again a stone or
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