Translation of a letter, from Morand to Monsieur [Geoffroy Macé Camus] de Pontcarre, dated at Paris Original was in French and dated 9 November 1738 Praising French surgeons - mentioning Godin and surgeon of the Hotel Dieu of Rouen and le Cat - that Morand had refuted the paper by an English surgeon which said that the lateral cutting of a stone had been prohibited in France - asks for a statement of good French surgery Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1738 1738