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VII. The EffeSts of the Lixivium Saponis,. 
taken inwardly by a Man aged 75 Tears y 
•who had the Stone y and in whofe Bladder , 
after his Deceafe, were found Two hundred 
and fourteen Stones : From William Che- 
felden, Efquire. 
Head Jan. 13. Ml AT 2i. 1 739. Laurence Welch, aged 
*745- • If A born in Denmark, but at that 
time a Penfioner in his Majefty’s Royal Hofpital at 
Chelfea, after having had Symptoms of the Stone 
for eight Years, but never known to void any in all 
that time, began to take ten Drops of Lixiv. Sapon. 
in half a Pint of Water, three times a Day ; and on 
the 23d in the Evening voided feveral fmdl Scales of 
Stone, with little or no Pain. 
On the 24th the Dofe was increafed to fifteen 
Drops} bur, making him veryfick, was reduced on 
the 25 th to ten. He complained of great Pain in his 
Back this Day, and at Night pafs’d a whole Stone,, 
the Size of an Orange-kernel, and feveral little Bits. 
On the 26th he complain’d of great Sorenefs in the: 
Urethra when he made Water } for which a little 
Oil was injefted, and he took eight Ounces of a 
Solution of Gum-Arabic inwardly, omitting this Day 
the Lixivium . 
Being very eafy on the 27th, he took the Lixivium 
as before: His Urine was thick and plentiful, but 
had no Gravel or Sand in it. 
Oil: 
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