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times fome red gravel, till 1747. In the fpring of 
that year, whilft I was at a friend’s houfe in town to 
dine there, having a need to urine, 1 made, inflead 
of water, what was almofl pure blood ; and fo from 
time to time almofl all that year, I was often call'd 
upon to make water by very fhort intervals, which 
was more or lefs difcoloured, and feldom very clear, 
and frequently attended with great pain and fome 
gravel. That whole year, until the next fpring, I 
took variety of things of a lubricating and cooling 
nature, which it is unnecelfary to particularife, without 
any good effeCt. The next winter in town, I found 
I grew daily worfe ; and altho’ I did not always make ' 
bloody or coffee water, yet my provocation to urine 
was more frequent, which, after an hafly gufh of a 
fpoonful of water, fuddenly flopp’d, with exceffive 
pain, and it was attended with a tenefmus , and an 
irritation at the end of my yard. Mr. Ranby, the 
furgeon, and Mr. Graham, the apothecary, having 
often vifited me, and having had conflant accounts 
of my diforder, and the fymptoms, that accompanied 
it, both declared, that there mufl be a flone in my 
bladder. I was willing to be probed ; but as I had 
no thought of being cut, Mr. Ranby declined under- 
taking that troublefome office, being perfuaded, with- 
out the trial, that I had a flone in my bladder. 
Lord Barrington, hearing of my complaint, was fo 
good as to fend me, I think, the 5th volume of the 
Scots Medical EJfays containing Dr. Whytt’s account 
of the good effeCt, which taking of foap and lime- 
water had had in cafes fimilar to mine ; with inge- 
nious reflections and directions relating to that cruel 
dileafe, and the remedy for it. I read them with 
great 
