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•the fingers. In this time the bafon was incrufted 
with a very hard tophaceous mafs, of the thicknefs of 
a quill. Certain calculi, not bigger than peafe, were 
difiolved thoroughly, fome in one day and the reft 
in two. 
I7f0. June 12. A ftone, weighing more than half 
an ounce, was placed in the fame manner as the for- 
mer, and not a grain of it remained on the fourth 
day. At this time a clergyman, who was in a courfe 
of thefe waters for gouty complaints, voided fix 
ftones, which all were difiolved in the fame manner. 
A nobleman, who was afflidted with bloody urine, 
from calculi in the kidneys, came to Carhbad for 
the relief of his complaints ; and brought with him 
fome lmaJl calculi, which he had voided a few years 
before. By Dr. Lieberkuhn’s advice Dr. Springsfeld 
divided thefe calculi into four equal parts, each of 
which weighed fix grains. One part of thefe was 
infufed in the water of the fource called Brudel ; the 
fecond, in the New Spring ; the third, in that near 
the mill. In twelve hours the firft part had loft five 
grains • the fecond, four ; and the third, only one 
grain. The fourth portion was put upon a linen 
rag, which was ftretched over the bottom of a fun- 
nel. Into this funnel the nobleman was directed to 
make water every day before dinner, after his having 
drank his quantity of Carlfbad water. Upon this, 
thefe calculi, after eight days, had loft two-thirds of 
their weight ; viz. four grains. It mult be here re- 
marked, t h . t this nobleman, during the regimen, 
did voidfeveral fmall calculi, which he had not done 
for fome years. A larger quantity of bloody urine 
than ufual attended the parting with thefe ftones ; 
but 
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