https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Celsus
When you read anything from Celsus you’re relieved that you never experienced a Roman surgeon …
Ergō ultrā
calculum dextra semper manus eius sē oppōnit, sinistrae digitī
deorsum eum conpellunt, dōnec ad cervīcem pervenītur: in quam, sī oblongus est,
sīc compellendus est, ut prōnus exeat; sī plānus, sīc ut trānsversus
sit; sī quadrātus, ut duōbus angulīs sedeat; sī alterā parte
plēnior, sīc ut prius ea, quā tenuior sit, ēvādat. In rotundō nihil
interesse ex ipsā figūra patet, nisi sī levior alterā parte est, ut ea
antecēdat.
Therefore
his right hand [the surgeon’s] is always kept above the stone whilst the
fingers of the left press it downwards until it arrives at the neck of
the bladder: and it must be pressed towards this so that if oblong, it
comes out end on; if flat it lies crossways; if cubical, it rests
on two of its angles; if any part is larger, the smaller part comes out
first. In the case of a spherical [stone], it is clear that the shape
makes no difference, except that if any part is the smoother this should be in
front.
- dexter, dextra, -um: right
- sinister, sinistra, -um: left
- plānus, -a, -um: flat
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