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do_v by_o the_o counsel_n of_o mr_n hautin_n and_o mr_n duret_fw-la the_o king_n physician_n in_o ordinary_a and_o physician_n of_o paris_n the_o manner_n of_o make_v this_o incision_n i_o have_v set_v down_o in_o my_o book_n of_o the_o practice_n of_o chirurgerie_n to_o which_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n where_o he_o may_v find_v all_o the_o particularity_n set_v down_o of_o the_o difficulty_n of_o make_v of_o water_n wherewith_o young_a child_n be_v trouble_v chap._n xxviii_o it_o happen_v oftentimes_o piss_v that_o young_a child_n can_v not_o make_v water_n and_o that_o upon_o diverse_a occasion_n but_o chief_o through_o the_o fault_n of_o urine_n which_o offend_v either_o in_o quantity_n or_o quality_n the_o ill_a quality_n of_o the_o urine_n be_v when_o it_o be_v hot_a sharp_a and_o prick_v which_o make_v the_o child_n afraid_a to_o piss_v because_o of_o the_o pain_n which_o they_o feel_v when_o their_o water_n come_v the_o urine_n offend_v in_o quantity_n when_o it_o be_v in_o 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