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ALGHISI, Tommaso (1669 – 1713)

1669 – 1713

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1707 CE

#4279.1

Litotomia…

A renowned specialist and pupil of Bellini, Alghisi was probably the first to use an indwelling urethral catheter to drain urine away from the wound after lithotomy. The inclined position of the patient with the head …