PHYSICAL AND LITERARY* 345' 



Art. XXVL 



Hijiories of tophaceous Concretions in the ali" 

 mentary Canals by Alexander Monro 

 fenior, M. D. F. R. S. and Profejfor of 

 Anatomy in the U?ii'verjity o/" Edinburgh *. 



THE number of hiftories of tophaceous 

 concretions in the alimentary canal 

 is not fo great, but that your colledlion 

 inight, in my opinion, admit of fome few, 

 efpecially if there is a variety in them. 



Hijl. I . A healthy boy, about twelve years 

 of age, began to complain of colic pains, 

 which increafing with frequent gripes, bor- 

 borygmi and vomiting, had fuch an effe(fl, 

 that his parents alTerted, he was fcarce of fo 

 large ftature after fix years of his difeafe as 

 he was at the beginning of it. Vomits, 

 purges, vermifuges, attenuants, and a vari- 

 ety of other medicines had been given in 

 that time without any benefit. 



His father,' one of the town-officers or 



ferjeants, having then afked my worthy friend 



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* February 6. 1755. 



