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TOLET, François (1647 – 1724)

1647 – 1724

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1682 CE

#14336

Traité de la lithotomie ou de l'extraction de la pierre hors la vessie.

In Tolet's day lithotomy was one of the major and most dangerous of operations. Tollet provided explicit directions for the operation in children as well as adults of both sexes. He particularly stressed the need for …