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.

  • Shaw, William, 1714-1757.
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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    No Malady entail'd upon human Creatures, more fre¬ quently occurs; no Difeafe carries along with it more ex- crutiating Tortures, nor a more formidable Train of Symp¬ toms ; neither is any Cure attended with more barbarous Circumftances, than That of freeing Perfons from the At¬ tack of ftony, petrify’d Subftances found in the Cavity of human Bladders , by the only effectual Means hitherto known 5 to wit, the Operation of Lythotomy. The Gravel, or Stone^ are very different Difeafes in refpeft of Production, and Cure ; thefe fmall, fabulous Concretions, differently modify'd, produce the Train of Symptoms that attend the confirmed Calculus ; fuch as Exquifite Twinges and Pains, Suppreffion of Urine, vio¬ lent Vomitings, and the convulfive Motions of the Muf- cles of the Thigh, &c. And therefore examining from fuch Circumftances, the moft Experienc'd Practitioners can’t poffibly decide what latent, extraneous Subftance is included in the Bladder. PROBLEM. ;(j . ii.lV > ; <' ~r The little fabulous Mollicles never can be converted into the true, and genuine Stone. The Difpolition of the component Particles feem ex¬ tremely different in the Arrangement ; that they are both conftituted of the felf - fame Principles, and elementary Corpufcles, muft be allow'd \ but the Difference lies in the