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Tm Oh fermtions about Stones found, the one in the Bladder of a 
Dogg^ the other faftned to the Bach^bone of aHorfet bothmen^ 
tionedin two Journals de Letterati. 
/. ^T^H E Dogg was a pretty Spaniel, two palms and a 
half high, white,and an excellent fetter for Quails. 
Being kept tyed,^as fuchdoggs arc wont to be, he would ra^ 
ther have burft than urine or dung in the place where he | 
was kept* By reafon of his aptncfs to bite , he was 
cut when he was five years old , and two years after that, < 
he began to urine with much difficulty. Whereupon as often 
as he was let loofe, he ran prefently into tha Garden and fell 
to eat of Pellitory of the WaS, and Fig leaves. This difeale 
continued upon him for five years together, fometimes with 
that violence that his Matter had himfiringed, and anointed 
with oyl of Scorpions, and ufed other remedies to help the 
poor creature* 
At length he died at twelve years of age^ and being opened 
by a skilful Anatomift, there was found in his bladder a ftone 
weighing an ounce), cjaa irregular figure, whitegyet here and 
therewith fome Wddiih fpeck^ and in the bottom of the 
bladder was found flore of fmall white gravel, and in the 
mouth of the urinal paflage a ftone as big as a great pine-kcr- 
nel, white and tender. The reft of the body was all (welled. 
It may be noted here (faith the Italian Journalijl) that 'Mat* 
thiolus and others fay, that the Juice of PeSitory doth much 
. provoke urine 5 and that it doth fo efpecially, when being 
heated upon a tile and fprinkled with a little Malmefy, it is 
applied to the part* And as to Fig-leaves^ he adds, that Phy* 
ficians adfcribe to Figs an abfterfive vertue, opening the bp- 
dyand cleanfing the reins : Of which verliie the Leaves may 
perhaps participate* Thus Brutes feem to know, without any 
idire(9:ion from a Diofcorides^ or Mattbiolui^ or other Botanifli 
Ithe herbs proper for their difeafes. 
//. The other Stone^ that was faftenM tot\\thac\'hQneol 
:^ Spanifh Gelding, that died at the age of between thirteen 
find fourteen years^ weighed four ounces and an half 3 it was 
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