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Recipe — To remove Obstructions ia the urinary Passage. 



be perceived by placing the hand between the 

 anus and the scrotum ; the heat will be found to 

 be great^ and tlie urine is generally mixed with a 

 mucus pus. Whenever the urine is obstructed 

 by a stone in the kidneys, the bladder will, for 

 the most part, be found empty : but, if it be in 

 the neck of the bladder, or in the urinary passage, 

 his bladder will soon become distended with 

 urine, and his body in a few days will be swelled 

 to a prodigious size; his skin will be covered 

 with blotches, and, unless speedy relief be ob- 

 tained, he will die in a short time. In cases of 

 this kind I have found at different times the fol- 

 lowing stimulating medicine to have a powerful 

 effect in removing obstructions in these parts. 

 First bleed him, and then give as follows, 



(RECIPE, No. 98.) 



A Drink to lubricate the urinary Passage, 



Take — Ointment of marshraallows, two ounces ; 



Spirit of turpentine, and balsam of capivi, of 

 each half au ounce ; 



