214« -^^^ ^' Brande's Additional Observations 



Section I. 



The following is the case of a gentleman who suffered from 

 a calculous complaint, during which he was accidentally in- 

 duced to employ magnesia, the effects of which he has thus 

 described. 



Case 1. About twenty-seven years ago, I felt a pain in one 

 of my kidnies, particularly when in bed, which continued to 

 increase during six months. I had likewise an occasional 

 sympathetic pain in the testicles, and violent and excruciating 

 pains in the left kidney now became frequent. These attacks 

 were sometimes brought on by stooping to take up some- 

 thing ; but at other times without any apparent cause. They 

 lasted from twelve to twenty-four hours, and I obtained some 

 relief from the application of warm flannels ; but they always 

 left me languid and relaxed. 



On the fourth attack 1 consulted a physician, who imagined 

 that my complaint had been induced by drinking cyder, in 

 which I had formerly indulged. He ordered me weak Hol- 

 lands and water for common drink, and prescribed the lixi- 

 vium of tartar to be taken in broth- Ihis medicine was per- 

 severed in for some time ; but I found it gradually weaken 

 my stomach, and impair my digestive powers. 



About nine months after my first attack in the kidney, I 

 walked from Hampstead to London after dinner, and on the 

 following day, I clearly felt something pass from the kidney 

 to the bladder, and suspected what it was. I took about a pint 

 of Hollands and water, and on attempting shortly afterwards 

 to void my urine, found that the passage was blocked up, 

 but had scarcely time to consider of my situation before the 



