Excerpt from The Americana, Vol. 15 of 16: An Universal Reference Library Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., Of the World In Holland, Rau (1658 - 1719) taught prae tical surgery upon the cadaver. Wiseman (1625-86) was the first to develop English surgery. He was also the first to do external urethrotomy for relief of stricture. At this time in France alone was instruction in surgery well regulated, as it was the only coun try which possessed a proper surgical college. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.