with the Bread, and other Aliments he ufed, hath fur- 
niflied abundant Matter for thefe Stones, it is like (finee 
be never had any Symptome of this before the Fall he 
got of late) the Hurt in the Hinder Part of the Head 
might have occafioned fooie Torpor in the Nerves,, (b 
that the FilriU^ in the Kidneys could not adl fo vigo- 
roufly (as need was) in the Separation and Expulfion of 
the Sand; and thus it came to gather and form into 
Stones. He continueth paffing daily feveral of them 
with great Quantities of Sand, notwithftanding the ufu- 
al Remedies are continued. This is a Specimen of th& 
Art of Nature and her Mechanifm, in giving fuch vari- 
ous Shapes to thefe Stones, by direding the Matter fo 
regularly to fuch Forms. I IhaU^ give you fome Cafts 
which Ihew her Power in diffolving Stones, when coated 
and of a more united Texture. 
The Firft occur'd in a Worthy Friend of m/ine, a Ke# 
verend Divine now above the Seventieth Year of his Age, 
He, after he hath theft Ten Years paft fuffered much 
from a confirmed Stone he hath in his Bladder, fince the 
beginning of this laft Winter he hath pafled a vaft Num* 
b^r of Slices of feveral Figures, many of diem cornered 
and pointed, much of the thicknefs of a Shilling Sterling* 
white within and fmooth, but without of a dark Colour, 
with Pain, and fometimesa Suppreffion of Urine for fe^ 
vera! Hours precedeth them ,- he maketh ufe of the ufii- 
al Remedies; in the Intervals he hath tolerable good 
Health. I was told by an expert Phyfician, a Friend of 
mine, of Two Patients of his, the One yet alive, who 
after paffing an incredible Number of thefe Slices, is now 
in perfedr Health, and free of that Difeafe. The other, 
who died long ago, after palling for a long time fuch 
Slices, became free of the Difeafe, and when his- Body 
was opened at his Deaths ^rcne nor Slices were found 
in his Bladder. So even in this obftinate Difeafe, fome- 
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