ies on. If the initieteeations is wi, a ise the. ca 
was IF 5 
In all obstructions of uriné, the body ought to be kept 0) 
warm and emollient clysters. 2 
‘The food must be light and mucilaginous, as weak brotbs, decoc- 
tions of marsh-mallows, comfrey, &c. 
GRAVEL AND STONE. A 
These diseases are the consequences of npicuiis disy 
the fluids, and more particularly the secretion of the ki 
a calculous matter, and haye been supposed to be owing I 
sence of an acid p principle i in them, called the uric Fo 35 ig This i ee 
companied with a Pechiness and laxity of the parts, generally. 
When small stones are lodged in the kidneys, or discharged along 
with the urine, the patient is said to be afflicted with the gravel. cat 
one of these stones happens to make a lodgment in the bladder for . 
some time, it accumulates fresh matter, and at length becomes too. 
large to pass off with the urine. In this case the e: petien i 
have the stone. 
Causrs.—The stone or gravel may be oe 
the use of astringent wines; drinking hard water, a s 
lying too hot, soft, or too much. on the back ; the constant nse, 
water impregnated with earthy or stony particles. tn ikewise 
gees ye oe an hereditary disposition. pare the ecline a 
ife, and those who have been much afflicted with gout, or rh 
tism, are most liable to it. <ttiged 
Symrroms.—Smail stones or gravel in the kidneys : 
pains in the loins, sickness, vomiting, and sometimes bloody 
and not unfrequently, a slight suppression of urine. When 
descends into the ureter, and is too large to pass along wit 
the aboye symptoms are increased; the pain exten 
; the thigh and leg of the affected side are ben 
are drawn upwards, ‘and the urine is obst 
Pa: in the bladder is known from the pain at th 
as and after making water; the frequent inclin 
urin urine coming away by drops, or stopping suddenly when 
dinning in a full stream ; by a violent pain in the neck of the 
bladder upon motion, especially on horseback, or in a carriage on a 
rough road ; or from a white, thick, copious, stinking, mucous 
ment in the urine ; ; from an itching at the top of the penis; 
bloody urine; from an inclination to go to stool during the disch 
of urine ; the patient passing his urine more easily when lyin 
in an erect posture; from sharp pain in passing the last- dro 
urine, from the gravel being drawn into the mouth of the p 
