An essay on the chemical history and medical treatment of calculous disorders / [Alexander Marcet].

  • Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822
Date:
1819
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Credit: An essay on the chemical history and medical treatment of calculous disorders / [Alexander Marcet]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OTHER KINDS OF CONCRETIONS Urinary concre- tions in animals. cuius of this kind which was found in the intestines of a rhinoceros, and given me by Dr. Wollaston, the triple phosphat is dis- posed in layers round a hazel nut, alterna- ting with thin laminae of phosphat of lime. The calculus is broken through its centre, and the fracture exhibits a radiated as well as a laminated structure. Balls of hair, closely felted together, are frequently found in the intestines of qua- drupeds. I have examined one of this kind which was taken from an ox, and was entirely covered with a thin smooth dark- coloured crust, consisting of phosphat of lime and animal matter. The urinary concretions which are fre- quently found in the bladder or kidneys of various quadrupeds, generally differ from those of the human subject in containing no lithic acid, and in consisting principally of carbonat and phosphat of lime, cemented by animal matter. Calculi of this species have been found by Fourcroy and Vauque- lin in the bladder of the horse, the sow, the rabbit, and the ox. Mr. Brande exa-