462 ON DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS. 



It is curious to compare the flimfy elegance 

 of the late Dr. Auftin's book, where he at- 

 tempts to prove, that nephritic difeafes have 

 not an urinary origin, with the vulgar and 

 homefpun, but found and convincing reafon- 

 ing of Bracken's Lithiajis Anglicana. I men- 

 tion the latter tra61, for the purpofe of intro- 

 ducing from it, an anecdote of a gentleman 

 from the North, who was always afBided with 

 calcarious complaints in his own country; but 

 coming up to London,' was cured by the town 

 beer ; and after awhile, intending to return 

 home, he was feized with his old complaint 

 from the ufe of the country beer, before he 

 had completed any conhderable part of his 

 journey ; on which he put back, and ever after 

 refided in London, free from gravel or ftone ; 

 and I have known the fame thing to happen 

 myfelf London Porter, and London Fine 

 Ale, are the mofl falubrious of all malt liquors ; 

 the latter, when genuine and unadulterated, 

 and as it ever ought to be, the neat produce of 

 Thames water, the white malt of Ware, and 

 Farnham hops, has been efteemed by many 

 wine-drinkers, of rank, as a rich and generous 

 liquor ; it is in perfe61ion at fix and nine 

 months old, and is fpecific in confumptions, 

 particularly thofe of women. But, alas ! Lon- 

 don beers have long loft their chara61er for ge- 



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