Lithiasis anglicana, or, A philosophical enquiry into the nature and origin of the stone and gravel, in human bodies, &c. : Wherein is considered, the possibility of dissolving such animal tartar or calculous concretion. In a letter to David Hartley, author of the cases in behalf of Mrs. Stephen's medicines. To which is added, an account of a new and safe method of cure for the ischury, or total suppression of urine ... / By Henry Bracken.

  • Henry Bracken
Date:
1739
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Credit: Lithiasis anglicana, or, A philosophical enquiry into the nature and origin of the stone and gravel, in human bodies, &c. : Wherein is considered, the possibility of dissolving such animal tartar or calculous concretion. In a letter to David Hartley, author of the cases in behalf of Mrs. Stephen's medicines. To which is added, an account of a new and safe method of cure for the ischury, or total suppression of urine ... / By Henry Bracken. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *9 ] Preach Pox, may be eafily cured (when in the firft Stage as we call it) without fo much ado a- bout it; neverthelefs, qui vult decipi decipiatur; and thofe who want a May-Pole e’en let ’em pay for it. Now to return: What I have obferv’d of the abforhent Vef* fels in Animals, holds good even in thole Kinds which we may call Teftiparous, in Contra-di- ftinddon to the Oviparous and Viviparous, for thefe, as Limpins or Mufcles, Oyjlers and other Zoophyta, whofe Shells adhering to Rocks or Pieces of Wood, contain an Animal firmly fatt¬ ened to them by a very tenaceous Ligament; for thefe very Shells, fo long as the Animal lives, receive from this inclofed Body by cer¬ tain Veffels deftined to this Office intirely, their Suftenance, Support and Increafe, while the Animal itfelf takes its Food in by the Mouth, and conveys it into the Inteftines or Guts, in the fame Manner as other Animals that are at Liberty to move from Place to Place. I could yet farther illuftrate this Do&rine, by lhewing how Oviparous Animals are, as it were, planted in their Yolks till they grow to Matu^ rity and Strength enough to break their Shells; and from hence it may be obferved, how evi¬ dent the Analogy is between Plants and Ani¬ mals. But let us yet look a little farther into Nature, and we obferve, that there are among Vegetables, fome that are fixed in the Earth, others fluctuate about in the Water, and a third lort grow in both: In like Manner we learn from our own Obfervation, as well as from Zoographers, that there are fome Animals that live on the Land, fome on the Water, and o- thers, to anlwer their different Neceflities, are C 2 equally