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I found he had fwallowed either fome Plumb or Apri- 
cock Stones, which by their ftay in the Inteftines were 
inclos’d in the Excrements, as I take it ; and, by the 
Purge being diflodged from their Sinus, fent forth, as 
you find. Hoping then that by ftronger Evacuations, 
if I could remove any other that might remain, it might 
tend to his Cure, I order’d ftronger Medicines, of which 
the Bearer, who is my particular Friend, and was the 
Apothecary, can give you a more particular Account : 
However, I could not get any more from him 5 and he 
being out of hopes, and uneafy to be kept any longer 
from his Bufinefs, has left off taking any thing. Laft 
Week I faw him, and found him much in the fame 
Condition, tho* fomewhat weaker, and funk more in 
his Flefh. If you think by communicating this to any 
of your Friends, or making tryals of the other Stone 
untouch’d, you may be better fatisfy’d in the Young 
Man’s Cafe, or may think of any thing that may con- 
tribute to his Cure, pleafe to fignify it by the Bearer, 
' and you will mightily oblige, 
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Tour very Humble 
And Obedient Servant, 
W. Holbrooke. 
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