Remarks on the stone and gravel in the kidneys and bladder : with an account of the discovery of a solvent remedy, now used with universal success, and commonly known as Dr. Lee's Gravel Specific / by Samuel H.P. Lee.

  • Lee, Samuel H. P. (Samuel Holden Parsons), 1772-1863
Date:
1843
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Credit: Remarks on the stone and gravel in the kidneys and bladder : with an account of the discovery of a solvent remedy, now used with universal success, and commonly known as Dr. Lee's Gravel Specific / by Samuel H.P. Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    J7 The case of Henry Luce, Esq., as described in his letter addressed to the same person in Boston, who wrote him as well as Mr. Pierce for information. To Miss F. H., Boston. New-York, [Howard's Hotel,] Jan. 23d, 1841. I received your favor of the 20th inst., asking ray opinion of Dr. Lee's medicine for the cure of stone in the bladder ; not being a medical man, I can only give you an opinion, founded on experience in iny own case. Having suffered so severe- ly from the effects of instruments and injections into my bladder, which nearly destroyed me, and being at this time so providentially recovered, and in fair prospect of a radical cure, under the medicine and attendance of Dr. Lee, that it gives me pleasure to give you all the aid in my power. It would be supererogatory in me to say, whether I had a stone in my bladder or not, when even Doctors differ in opinion on that point, by a sounding process with instruments—but I do know that after I came under the care of Dr. Lee, and had taken his solvent a few days, I began to discharge quantities of gravel, small stones, and pulverised dust, mixed with muddy mucus, ropy, stringy, animal matter, very offensive, accompanied sometimes with blood—and that I continued to amend verv rapidly, my pains in the kidneys and urethra abating—the inflammation of the bladder [occasioned, I have no doubt, by the twenty odd operations of soundings and injections] subsiding—my hectic fever, which has been consuming my flesh for weeks, was reduced from 120 strokes of pulse to 70 in a minute ; my stomach, from loathing and rejecting every thing, began to retain light food, and now I can eat and digest the food of a healthy person; my bowels which had suffered much from costiveness, having frequently gone ten days at a time, are now regular ; my urine improved in color and substance, free, and without any difficulty ; my appetite good, [too good] ; the tender soreness, everywhere gone ; in short, I not only feel like a new man, but all the inmates of the Hotel, since my return to the parlor, are remarking on my wonderful recovery thus far, and I feel that my perfect restoration to health is near at hand. It is about four years since I was first attacked with calculi, and I have had only temporary relief from the waters of Saratoga and warm climates, but my complaint this fall, after taking a great cold, completely prostrated me. I came to New-York and put myself under a physician the28th Nov., who attended me with his instruments and injections into the bladder, until I could en- dure it no longer. He then told me, I could not be cured, and could not expect to live but a short time. At this critical moment, viz. the 23d December, I was advised to send for Dr. Lee. His skill and Lithontriptic, has restored me already to better health than I have enjoyed for five or six years. I am in daily use of his solvent and dandelion tea, and shall continue them a month or two longer, to divest my system of any calcareous tendency, and I feel confident that my complaint is conquered. I sincerely hope that your suffering parent will commence immediate- ly and give the medicine a fair trial, and persevere in it to a final cure, which I trust is in store for her afflicted family. Very respectfully, your most obedient servant, HENRY LUCE. New-York, April 20, 1841. XT To Dr. Saml. H. P. Lee.—Sir, I consider it to be a duty which I owe to you and the public, to bear testimony to the efficacy of your medicine, in the cure of the Stone and Gravel, and to make known the benefits I have experienced from its During the fall of 1840, I was attacked by a very severe case of the Stone and Gravel and for the space of four months I was in the greatest misery, being afflicted with pains in the kidneys and small of the back, and frequently discharging bloody urine During that time 1 could not attend to my business, and as I had tried vari- ous remedies and been under the care of several physicians, without obtaining the lea«t relief, I almost despaired of ever being cured. Fortunately I heard of your medicine, and commenced using it about the 16th of January, with I confess, but little hope of success. However, after using it about six weeks, and paying a strict attention to your directions, I found myself perfectly recovered. During the time 1 was using your medicine, I frequently passed large quantities of Gravel, and several times Stones, each as large as a garden pea. 1 am now in pertect health, and able to attend to my business as usual.
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