Bibliography

Sources

362 sources are cited on this site: 87 primary, 210 secondary, 65 from museums or societies. A further 12 appear in the research dossiers only. Each source is listed once, under the first chapter that cites it.

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Prologue A Stone in a Jar

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I The River

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II The King's Permission

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III The Oath and the Ligature

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IV The Flask

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V What the Water Knew

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VI The Stone-Cutters

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VII Breaking the Stone

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VIII Light

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IX The Gland That Stands Before

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X Without the Knife

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Epilogue Look Again

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Other sources in the research dossiers

Consulted during research but not cited on this site. Not classified by type.

Dossier 01: Antiquity

Dossier 02: Uroscopy and urine

Dossier 03: The stone

Dossier 04: Seeing inside

Dossier 05: The prostate and the modern era

Named in the film's credits

The principal sources and translations, as the end credits list them.