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an artificial Loam. I fee no Rcafon to doubt of 
making it equally ufeful. I am. 
Broadway Wejlmlnfler , 
May 28, 1746. 
SIR, 
With all Refpect, 
Tour very obedient 
humble Servant, 
John Hill, 
IX. A Letter from Mr. Rob. Lucas, concerning 
the Relief he found in the Stone from the Ufe 
of Alicant Soap and Lime-Water, to his Bro- 
ther the Rev. Mr. Richard Lucas F.R.S. 
Hear Brother, ^ 
Head Match 26 IF H A V E now the Satisfaction to ac- 
' 747 ' JL quaint you, that, by God’s Bidlir.g 
upon the Means' His Providence direded me to the 
Ufe of, I am fo far recovered of nay Diftemper (no 
other than the Stone), that I have not the lead Doubt 
of being quite free from it in a little time. I am 
continually voiding Stones all broken, white on the 
Outfide, without much Pain. 1 can now walk twice 
as faft as I could three Weeks fince, without UneaS- 
finefs; nay I rode the other Day at once 24 meafur’d 
Miles, trotting mod of it, without Pain or Change 
of Urine 5 in one Word, I can be as certain of the 
diffolving 
