A Case of Lithotomy

out the guide of a staff can effect entrance into the bladder for the purpose of extracting stones, although it is a hazardous proceeding. It also proves that in cases of almost impenetrable strictures of the urethra complicated with a stone in the bladder the median section may be successfully performed. Case.?Judu, a Hindoo boy, aged about six years, was admitted into the hospital on the 13th May for a supposed stone in the bladder. The father of tlie child stated that about two years ago he had been operated on for stone for a second time, when a small calculus was extracted. After the operation the tissues of the scrotum and perineum became highly inflamed, probably from urinary infiltration, but the patient recovered from this condition. Before the wound had entirely healed,, the father removed the child, when, instead of healing throughout, small fistulous openings remained by the side of the