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![of oyfter or cockle-fheJl lime-water. The Doc- tor very juftly obferves, that though this quan- tity might be too fmall to have any fenfible ef- fecT in dilfolving a ftone in the bladder; yet it may veiy probably prevent its growth. When a ftone is formed in the bladder, the Doctor recommends Alicant foap, and oyfter or, cockle-fhell lime-water * to be taken in the fol- lowing manner. The patient muft fwallow e- very day, in any form that is leaft difagreeable an ounce of the internal part of Alicant foap and drink three or four,Englifh pints of oyfter or cockle-fhell-hme-water. The foap is to be divided into three dofes ; the largeft to be taken afting in the morning early ; the fecond at noon ; and the third at feven in the evening drinking above each dofe a large draught of the lime water; the remainder of which he may take any time betwixt dinner and fupper in. ftead of other liquors. ’ The patient ihould begin with a fmailer quan. Uty of U]e I'me-water and foap than what is mentioned above; at firft an Englifl, pint of the ormer and three drams of the latter, taken 31 ■” may be cn°ugk. This quantity, howe- ;aIio?a„Tf ilfTrT Tr iS prepar'd by pourios Englifl. LlU A , bo,lmS 'ar “POn a pound of oyfter r cl I. I ‘° l>y bei“» Where oyfl*' rrr ncfe 'r ^ b= tx'r quanrof ^™ x ver,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21721890_0563.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
