A New Lithotomy Forceps

^ By Suuoeon John O'Neill, M. D., M. Ch., Civil Surgeon, Shahpur. Forty miles distant from the shallt>ur Sadr is the village of Nowshera, approached by a road which in its last twenty miles runs a rough and uneven course over the hilis. Last winter, while inspecting the dispensary there, a man suffering from stone entreated me to afford him relief. He was in a pitiable condition, and could only walk slowly owing to the pain in his bladder; and lie said micturition was so painful that he always looked forward to it with fear. Though I nearly always take lithotomy instruments with me when going into the district on the chance of getting an operation, I had, unfortunately, this time come unprovided. The patient's disappointment was great when I told him it would be l>est to go to the Sadr ; he begged me to do something