A dissertation on the stone in the bladder : in which are consider'd, the nature of the human calculus, the doctrine of menstruums, or the dissolvent for the stone ... ; in a letter to a physician in London / by William Schaw, M.D.

  • William Schaw
Date:
1739
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Credit: A dissertation on the stone in the bladder : in which are consider'd, the nature of the human calculus, the doctrine of menstruums, or the dissolvent for the stone ... ; in a letter to a physician in London / by William Schaw, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Other Medicines ad by Imparting a certain, peculiar Quality to the Urine $ and from hence the Partizans of this Hypothecs conclude, that this is analogous to, and fcrves to make us comprehend the better, how certain as yet unknown Medicines may diffolve the Stone itfelf, when in the Cavity of the Bladder. I know, and confefs, there are a great many that im¬ part certain Qualities to this Secretion ; fuch as all Prepa¬ rations of turpentine : The Allium, that volatile, and pe¬ netrating natural Salt, fo notorioufty famous for rendring the Urine fetid, not only by taking it internally j but it has the fame Effeds by external Application to any Part of the Body, and keeping it to the Place for fome Time, it will pervade the fubtil inhaling Veflcls, fo numerous over the whole Surface; and contaminating, and mixing with the Fluids, ads upon this Secretion in a very particular Manner. 2. Another Inftance flhall fuffice our Purpofe, the Ci- naria, fo commonly made Ufc of in the daily Bulinels of Life ; One, fond of this, regaling himfelf with too profufe a Plenty, will foon afterwards. Ten t© One, eurfe his Over - Indulgence, when dusky, black, fetid Urines fomething fo uncommon, is voided j and yet no Symp¬ tom of any Difcafe in fuch a Cafe : Whether wou’d the Patient, for fo I mufl call him, or the Dodor be moft furprifed.
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