An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White].

  • William White
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1771
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Credit: An essay on the diseases of the bile, more particularly its calculous concretions, called gall-stones / [William White]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 45 ] turn non fuerit ene^la, tandem iftero intenliore omnem corporis “ fuperficiem ad inftar croci tergen- te, folvitnr paroxyfmus.” And indeed, the following remark gives fome reafon to think, that bi¬ liary concretions were no lefs com^ mon in very remote ages than at this day, but the unfrequency of diflec¬ tions, keep them in ignorance as to the caufe. ‘‘ Qui lumborum et lateris dolore abfque ulla occafione tentantur, ‘‘ ii in morbum regium incidunt.”—> Hippocratis Coiy Coac. Pr^enot. SeEi, 2. Having now finiflied the account of fymptoms attending ftones in the gall-bladder; we next proceed to the prsedifpofing and Qccaflon^l caufes of that difeafe. PRdiDISPOSING CAUSES, In order to afcertain this, we muft be well acquainted with the different fubftances of which gall-ftones are compofed; and it is by experiments alone. f
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