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A clinical lecture on total extirpation of the prostate for radical cure of enlargement of that organ with four successful cases.
Brit. med. J., 2, 125-29. 1901.
Freyer claimed priority over Fuller (No. 4263) in originating the rectovesical method of prostatectomy. Although mistaken in this claim, Freyer certainly popularized the operation. Regarding the controversy, see Brit. med. J., 1907, 1, 551.
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