on the Effects of Magnesia. t\$ 



obstruction moved forwards to within an inch of the extremity 

 of the urethra : it remained there till the following evening, 

 when, by the help of a small pair of watchmaker's forceps, I 

 succeeded in extracting a stone, which was the source of the 

 mischief. 



It was jagged and rough, and of a deep brick-red colour. I ^ 



afterwards voided a considerable quantity of red crystalline 

 sand. 



My physician, who was apprehensive of a return of the 

 disorder, desired me to purchase of Cadell, an anonymous 

 pamphlet upon the Stone and Gravel, and to observe the rules 

 there laid down. This treatise particularly recommended the 

 use of the alkalies. I therefore took the lixivium, and two ♦ 



bottles of Perry's solvent ; but the red deposit in my urine 

 continued, my loins felt weak, and when in bed very painful. 



Being in the profession of the law, and much employed, I ^, 



was under the necessity of leading a very sedentary life, which ^ 



so aggravated my tendency to bile and indigestion, that I sel- 

 dom could get above two or three hours sleep. ♦ 



With a view to alleviate these symptoms, and not with any % 



idea of its being beneficial to the stone, I resorted to magnesia, 

 which I continued with little intermission for eight months in **-*** 



the dose of a tea-spoonful or two, every evening before I went 

 to bed. The long vacation coming on, I gradually took more ^ 

 exercise, and used the cold bath. The tone of my stomach, at ? » 



the end of the period I have mentioned, was so far restored 

 as to induce me to set medicine of all kinds aside, except when 

 any food or drink disagrees, when I occasionally resort to the 

 magnesia. Under such treatment, the weakness and pain in 

 my kidney left me, and the red sand entirely disappeared. I 





