The
lithotrite was an early medical device , invented by Jean Civiale , which was used to perform transurethral lithotripsy , the first
Kaynak: LithotriteJean Civiale (1792–1867) was a French surgeon and urologist , who, in 1832, invented a surgical instrument (the
lithotrite ) and
Kaynak: Jean CivialeThis operation necessitated use of a recently invented device known as a
lithotrite . Amussat has several eponyms related to him:
Kaynak: Jean Zuléma AmussatThe latter instrument, which replaced the French
lithotrite s then in use, was later somewhat modified by the eminent French surgeon
Kaynak: Ludwig Lewin JacobsonWhen a student he made himself a brass-bound dissecting case, and in 1834 completed a
lithotrite , with a novel rack and pinion, which he
Kaynak: Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet