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ed, and by that Means difcovered this wonderful 
Stone. It is nearly of a globular Figure, of a 
brownifh Colour, and would but juft lay in the 
Crown of my Hat •, the Weight of it I do not re¬ 
coiled! ; its Diameter might, at a Medium, be eight 
or nine Inches: It was not, however, fo heavy, as 
from its Size one would imagine it to be, or as a 
natural Stone of that Size. 
What we have laft to take notice of under this 
Title, are the feveral Specimens of Stones extradled 
from human Bodies, the larger from the Urine 
Bladder, the fmail from the Gall Bladder, and the 
others were formed in the Kidneys. There are 
fome which w’ere occafioned by the Party's (wal¬ 
lowing the Stones of Cherries and other Fruits, a 
Cruft of ftony Matter firft gathering on them, they 
afterwards encreafe in Bulk, and caufe the moft 
violent Pains, not unfrequently Death itfelf. Many 
Remedies have been offered-to the Public for this 
dreadful Dilordef, but none of them are to be de¬ 
pended on; fome not anfwering the Purpofe in¬ 
tended, others being too rough in their Operation, 
A proper Stone Diffolvent would be a great Acqui- 
lition to Medicine. 
We are now come to a Part of the Mufeum 
which will, I imagine, particularly attrafl the At¬ 
tention or the Ladies •, I mean, the recent Shells 
preftrved in this Colledlion: But it will not be 
pofT'ble in the Compafs of this ftp all Work, to 
make fuen accurate Remarks on them as is due to 
the Sh gulariiy and Beauty of many that are here 
deuofiteo. I muft recommend to my Reader to 
attend to the specimens, which are very numerous, 
as we fhJI here only nodee a few of the moft cu¬ 
rious under each 1 itle. The Virtuofi may find 
almoft every Species that is now known among the 
Uni- 
