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and a desperate parent. Erlkönig by Schubert and the Erlkings. Who rides through the night so late in the wild It is a father with his only child He holds him tight He holds him warm O father can you see The Erlking is near The evil Erlking with eyes burning red O father, O Read More …
Lithotomy – and hence, the lithotomy position. Commentary French composer Martin Marais (1656-28) wrote this dramatic, narrated piece about the experience of this terrifying, high-risk, no-anaesthetic operation in the 17th century. The approach was trans-perineal. Samuel Pepys had a bladder stone removed this way when he was 25 in 1658, repeatedly mentioned in his diaries, including Read More …