y. Bauhme indeed met once with a Cafe, in a Name- 
fake of my own, who had, aliquot calculos^ (bme Stones 
which lay moveable in the middle of the Vrethra, for 
the fpace of a Twelve-month, about the bignefs of Cher- 
ry-Stones, one of which at length was voided, the other 
which remained (which, whether ever removed or not, 
is not faid) continued (bmething incommodious to his 
making Water , tho' without any remarkable Paim 
This was thought Mirahilis affeilus ante non vifus , If 
that were fo wonderful, what Ifaall v/e conclude of that 
which I am about to relate. 
About a Fortnight fince, I was carried to Idx, Beaufort^ 
to one MxSlondel, a Gentleman, whom he had lately re- 
covered from a Feverifli Indifpofition ; from which,when 
he found himfelf Relieved, he complained to the Doftor 
of a very hard Swelling, a little behind the 5cr(?/^w, which 
had remained there many Years, and created great uneafi- 
nefs to him. The Doctor looking upon it,told him 'twas 
Surgeons Work,and was pleafed to advife him to fend for 
me. The next Morning we went together, and upon 
Examining it only with my Fingers, I immediately de- 
clared it to be a Stone of a very odd and irregular Fi- 
gure I and that there was no way of^ Removing it, or 
Relieving him, but by cutting it out. He was very 
much Dejefted with the Apprehenfion of another Ope- 
ration; having about twenty Years fmce, while a Lad, 
been Cut by Mr. HoUier for the Stone in the Bladder, 
and in great danger from it : But confidering the Mife- 
ry of his Life, and upon my ailuring him, that it vi^ould 
not be attended with the Danger and Difficulty which 
are dreaded, upon the ExtraiSion of a Stone out of th 
Bladder ; and that there was no Profpefi: of Relief by 
any other Method, he determined to fubmit to the Ope- 
ration, 
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