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VIII. A Letter from Mr Ralph Thoresby, F.^.S. 
to Dr Hans Sloane, ^ S . Seer. Concerning large 
Stones Voided per Urcthram. 
Leedes , Nov. 2 6. ijn. 
Honoured Sir, 
S omething extraordinary happening in the Cafe of 
a young Man who dyed yefterday, pleafe to accept 
of the Relation of it, as iollows. JoJhua the Son of Tho- 
mas Spurrit, a poor Clothier upon the Quarry-Hill near 
this Town, having been for a long time fadly affii&ed 
with the Stone, was the laft Year in an extraordinary 
manner tormented. 1 have 3 Stones that he voided, 
which are of a great bignefs to pafs the Penis, a id five 
more that he could not get rid of without the kind af- 
liftance of Mr. S. Pollard , an Ingenious Surgeon of this 
Town 5 who by an Incifion made way for them, as 
they came feverally near the Gians . When ever one of 
thefe great Stones broke out, there was a Crack within 
his Body, as if the Sphincter Mufcle, or Bladder itfelf, 
was rent. Till this Inftance I thought it (l confefs) im- 
poflible, that the Ureters ('which are naturally no thicker 
than a Barley Straw) or the Urinary Paffage was capable 
of receiving Stones of this Dimenfion. I have fent you 
one of the 5 (neither the biggeft or lead of them ) to 
know whether it be really fo extraordinary as I appre- , 
hendt This Day the Youth being differed, there were 
found in the top of his Bladder (which was contracted 
like a PntfeJ two prodigious large Stones 5 one efpecially 
which 1 meafured, and it was rather more than 5 In- 
