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oat of her Groin from an Apoflem after a Tumour f 
which Pin was covered or incrufted, as thefe hairy Sub- 
dances, with fuch calculous Matter, and got there 
from the Urine in her Bladder, where in all Likeli- 
hood it had contracted that Cruft.. I have a filver Bod- 
kin, the broad End of which is covered with a pretty 
large Stone. A poor Gentlewoman thought, by thruft- 
ing this Bodkin up the Meatus ur in arms, to remove a 
Stone which prefled upon the Neck of her Bladder,, 
and it flipt paft Recovery into her Bladder; whence, 
after Three Years, it was taken, and on which, as on 
a Centre, was bred the Stone. I have other Inftances 
of the fame, where an extraneous Body, pafled into 
the Bladder, hath proved as a Centre to attract or have 
affixed to it fuch Matter. 
As to the Cure, Dilution feems to be the beft. 
The Brewer was cured by drinking plentifully of foft 
Liquors, which he often poured down ; and twice a 
Week he took the purging Waters. You may guefs 
my Opinion to be, that the lefs is generated of this 
Matter, and the lefs Time it remains in either Kid- 
neys, Ureters , or Bladder, the Difeafe will be miti- 
gated, and, I hope, cured. I believe Bath-waters 
drank warm, Mallow-tea, Linfeed-tea, Oil of fweet 
Almonds, Syrup of Marfhmallows, little and often 
taken, with Baths of emollient Herbs, may be of great 
Ufe; and perhaps moderate Exercife may help them 
off. Opiates, in exceffive Pain, are neceflary ; and 
now-and-then Bleeding, to take off the Inflamma- 
tions that mud of neceflity attend fuch a Diftemper. 
I alfo think, that fomc Balfamics, fuch as Locatellis 
Balfam. , may be ufeful ; and perhaps, with the emol- 
lient 
