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and therefore is rarely mentioned by au- 

 thors: Though, confider in 2j tiie greatnefs 

 of the malady, and that it evidently cha- 

 radlerifes itfelf, it ought to be fpecified 

 under a diflindl title of difeafe incident 

 to the bladder of urine, and very different 

 from thofe recorded in fyftems as be- 

 longing to it. A more precife term not ha- 

 ving occurred by which to demnominate 

 it, I have defigned it by a very general 

 one, a th ckening of the bladder ; a term 

 badly technical, and not expreflive of its 

 real nature or dillinguifliing fymptoms. 

 What is vranting in this refpecl muft be 

 fupplied frcm a defcription of the difeafe, 

 and the rcuiarks to be mnde upon it. 



The urinary bladder may be thicken- 

 ed various ways, i. From inflammation, 

 2. Frcm a fchiirous diipolition, afleding 

 it wholly or in pait. 3. The inner 

 membrane becomes fpongy and flabby, 

 when its nnnierous glands are overchar- 

 ged, v^hich, in thiS cafe, throw oat their 

 contenti- in great abundance: Here we 

 l^ave the idea of a rheum, 4. The fides 



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