[Illustration: _Plate 2._
_Drawn by F.F. Giraud. 1823._ _Engraved by J. Stewart._
_London. Published 1824, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green._]
Represents the director held in the situation for the first incision of
the operation. The left side of the bladder having been removed, the
extremity of the instrument is seen projecting some way into the base
of the viscus, which now sinks lower into the hollow of the rectum, the
latter being entirely empty. It will be observed how the slight curve
of the staff adapts it to the concavity of the bladder, and prevents
it being entangled by a fold during the depression of the handle,
preparatory to the section of the prostate. The parts being viewed
obliquely from behind, the prostate, urethra, &c. are but imperfectly
seen.