254 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 17 16. 



About 2 years since the man servant of a neighbouring clergyman complained 

 to me of excessive pains in and about his stomach ; that he laboured under a 

 great dejection of appetite; and whenever he ate, that he could not retain it, 

 but in a little time threw it up again. By which means he was, in a short time, 

 reduced to a very low and languishing condition, insomuch that they began to 

 despair of his life. On this he applied to some practitioners in physic : one of 

 whom plied him with strong vomits 8 days together, with very little signs of 

 success. But some time after having occasion to ride somewhat more than or- 

 dinary, he found himself sick and much pained in his stomach ; which ending 

 in violent vomiting and straining, brought up the first stones he ever perceived 

 to come from him, about 20 in number. After this he had frequent returns of 

 the vomiting up of bullace and sloe-stones, especially on strong exercises; par- 

 ticularly moving and stooping much in weeding in the garden ; in riding also, 

 though it was only to water his master's horse. On these occasions he would 

 be seized with acute pains in his stomach, and soon after vomit up more of 

 those stones. He has counted above 120 bullace and sloe-stones, besides several 

 others that have come up when he was riding, or in his business. He is not 

 yet free of them, but is often in pain, and vomits them up, especially in riding; 

 but after discharging them, he is much easier for a while. He commonly 

 brings up a slimy matter with them, mixed with blood, or something very 

 like it. 



The cause of all this disorder the man assures himself was this, namely, being 

 in his youth a great lover of fruit, he used greedily to devour all sorts he could 

 come at, and particularly bullace and sloes, which he used to swallow in great 

 quantities, without evacuating many of the stones by stool, as he well remem- 

 bers, and as he observed others did. These stones he thinks have lain in his 

 stomach, some of them at least, above 10 years ; but he felt no pains till about 

 4 years since ; and at first not so violent, nor attended with such severe fits of 

 vomiting, and loss of appetite, as afterwards. 



Observations and Experiments relating to the Motion of the Sap in Vegetables* 

 By Mr. Richard Bradley, R. S. S. N° 349, P- 486. 



Plants in general are either terrestrial, amphibious, or aquatic ; and so nearly 

 do vegetables agree with animals in most particulars, excepting local motion and 

 its consequences, that from the knowledge of the one we are reasonably led to 

 the discovery of the other. Those plants which I call terrestrial, are such as 

 trees, shrubs and herbs, which grow only on the land : and these, like land 



• On this subject, the motion of the sap, some new and very interesting experiments have been 

 Lately communicated to the Royal Sodety by Mr. Knight. See Phil. Trans, for 1801 and 1804. 



