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diffolving Power of my Medicines as I can be with- 
out feeing the Diffolution. 
Dr. Morgan advifed me to drink a Pint of Lime- 
water every Day. Colonel Morgan and this Lady 
coming on a Vi hr, advifed me to take 4 Pills of Alt- 
cant Soap Morning and Evening ; upon which I re- 
folved to add the Soap-Pills to the Ufe of the Lime- 
Water; only, inftead of the Quantity propofed, I 
took between 20 and 30 a Day, amounting to near 
an Ounce 5 which I thought I might fafely do, well 
knowing, that Mrs. Stephens's Prefcription amounted 
to almoft 3 Ounces of Soap, befides other Ingredients : 
Afterwards I found in an Extrad publilhedin the 
Magazine, taken from Dr. Whytt’s Treatife about 
diffolving the Stone in human Bodies, the Prefcrip- 
tion of the very Medicine I ufed; only a Quart or 
three Pints of Lime-Water inftead of a Pint, upon 
which I doubled my Quantity. 
I have fince borrow’d the Treatife myfelf, and 
would earneftly recommend the reading of it to every 
Perfon troubled with that Diftemper. The Experi- 
ence the Dodor has had of the real Effed of this Pre- 
fcription in this Diftemper, join’d with the many Ex- 
periments I have found of the diffolving Power of 
Lime-Water and Soap, gave me great Satisfac- 
tion. 
I have ufed with great Succefs Stone-Lime newly 
calcin’d 3 but by thofc Experiments it Ihould feem, 
that the diffolving Power of Lime-Water made of 
Oyfter-Shells is almoft double to that of Lime-Stone. 
There are two good Qualities attending thefe Re- 
medies ; the firft is. That they are cheap, eafily come 
at, and prepared by one’s felf. -zdly, That they may 
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