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difficult objedl of cure is to difcover ^folvetit 

 that will adl upon the flone in the bladder of 

 the patient without injury to the parts in its 

 paflage or where it is contained. 



This is a bleffing too great, I fear, ever to 

 be obtained by even the nobleft exertions of 

 human ftudy and application. Seeing there- 

 fore the caufe juft treated on in nearly a 

 fimilar point of view, with the almoft palpable 

 impoffibility of removing fuch obftacles, 

 without increafing the malady, I am confe- 

 quently prevented from introducing a chain 

 of prefcriptions that can pofitively only amufe 

 or deceive, as the methods hereafter pointed 

 out for the relief of different caufes or external 

 injuries may be in the above cafes adopted as 

 palliatives according to circumftances ; but 

 forry I am to acknowledge, that in fuch 

 inftances nature will, in all probability, 

 prove the leafl: dangerous and expenfive 

 FARRIER, 



The cafes that mod frequently occur, re- 



qiiiring medical aid or topical application, arc 



generally the efFeds of cold, blows, bites, or 



other external injuries. In thofc proceeding 



2 immediately 



