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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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In Hartford, Connecticut, Doctor William Jepson performed successful lithotomy operations on May 16 and 25, extracting bladder stones from Mr. Bradley of Toland (40 years old, 2.75 oz stone) and James Talmadge of Newhaven (10 years old, nearly 1 oz stone); both patients are recovering well.
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We hear from Hartford, in Connecticut, that on the 16th instant Doctor William Jepson, formerly of this town, performed the operation of lithotomy on one Mr. Bradley of Toland, a man of 40 years old, and extracted from him a very rough stone, weighing two ounces and three quarters; and on the 25th he performed the like operation on one James Talmadge, of Newhaven, a boy of ten years of age, from whom he extracted a stone, weighing near an ounce, both of whom are now in a fair way of recovering, having the most favourable symptoms.
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Hartford, Connecticut
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16th And 25th Instant
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both patients extracted stones and are recovering with favourable symptoms; stones weighed two ounces three quarters and near an ounce.
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Doctor William Jepson performed lithotomy on Mr. Bradley of Toland (40 years old) on the 16th instant, extracting a rough stone weighing two ounces and three quarters; on the 25th, he performed the same on James Talmadge of Newhaven (10 years old), extracting a stone weighing near an ounce.