["De optima lithotomiam administrandi ratione" : A dissertation from 1713 about the various possibilities of the cystotomy by Johann Michael Eisenbarth, the son of the well-known travelling physician Johann Andreas Eisenbarth (1663-1727)].

The present dissertation was submitted in 1713 at the University of Halle as part of the requirements to obtain the "licentiat". The author was Johann Michael Eisenbarth, the oldest son of the well-known physician Johann Andreas Eisenbarth. The dissertation delivers an overview over the history of the cystotomy, leading back to antiquity. In sixty paragraphs, the author dealt with different issues, such as diagnosis, preparation, and aftercare of patients with urinary bladder stones. However, the center of the thesis is the critical evaluation of all surgical methods known three hundred years ago.