302 COLIC RESEMBLES THE STONE. [BOOK II. 



municated to the kidneys by means of the ureters ; 

 in which manner alone blood could possibly have 

 been produced in the celebrated case cited by two 

 cotemporary writers from M. La Fosse, the elder. 

 When stone resides in a kidney, it may be ascer- 

 tained by pressure of the hand thereon : we will 

 not exactly say the stone can be felt, for it lodge th 

 underneath, but the greater tension and enlarge- 

 ment of one kidney beyond the other, leaves that 

 notion on the mind ; besides which, the animal will 

 shrink, or rather^ start, a little quicker than in case 

 of " inflammation of the kidneys" — the symptoms 

 whereof, as set down in a preceding page (284), the 

 reader should consult in order to shape his practice 

 accordingly. 



Calculous or earthy deposits of substances in the 

 ccecum may be ascertained and distinguished from 

 simple colic or gripes, by passing the hand along 

 the lower part of the belly, as described in the first 

 book, at page lo8. While such an obstruction 

 remains deposited in the depending part of that gut, 

 no immediate danger or inconvenience is to be 

 apprehended ; but when the lump, by any means 

 whatever, moves to the orifice, and obstructs its 

 only passage, the most distressing consequences 

 ensue. One of the causes hereof is the exhibition 

 of heating, strong, or drastic medicines, which are 

 usually given in cases of genuine spasmodic colic ; 

 and as the symptoms that attend both are alike 

 almost throughout, with the exception just made, 

 no mistake is more general, probably, than people 



