A disquisition of the stone and gravel, together with strictures on the gout, when combined with those disorders; pointing out a safe and efficacious solvent for reducing the stone, and correcting the calculous diathesis in the habit / by S. Perry.

  • Perry, S. (Sampson), 1747-1823.
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A disquisition of the stone and gravel, together with strictures on the gout, when combined with those disorders; pointing out a safe and efficacious solvent for reducing the stone, and correcting the calculous diathesis in the habit / by S. Perry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    weaker, and finally resolved to undergo the operation, which was performed by’Mr. Gunning, of Old Burlington street, first surgeon of St. George’s Hospital. Three stones were extracted from the bladder, one as large as a pullet’s egg, and the other of the size and shape of Windsor beans. Notwithstanding the great care of the operator to prevent, by a judicious use of the scoop, any fragment of stone from remaining behind, yet such was the tendency in the habit to give out concretions of that nature, that, in six months, Mrs. Miller was as much tormented as ever ; she could not walk without intense pain, nor rest easy five minutes in a place. These, and other symptoms, equally alarming, brought her to reflect on tire operation a second time, when, at that critical moment, the Solvent was recommended to her. She had not taken it three months before she found re- lief, and, in fifteen, was so completely cured, by evacuating prodigious quantities of stone, in pieces and in powder, that, although it is now some years since, she has had no return whatever of the disorder. CASE XIX. Tue following Case, with the Particulars of the Cure, were transmitted in a Letter from John Remmington, Esq. of Bar- ton End, Ilorsley, near Minchin-Harapton, Gloucestershire. To Mr, Perry, Surgeon, &c. Sir, Mr. Day, of Nailsworth, in this county, desire* me to lay the particulars of his case before you, winch ho has every reason to believe is the confirmed stone; therefore you will, as soon ns you can, with convenience, as he is anxious to have your answer, be good enough to send me your opinion thereon, directed for me at Mrs. Munday’s, the lurk s Head Coffee-House, Strand. I know not whether you remember that 1 consulted you in your former residence, two or three years ago, at the request of a neighbour of mine, then in a most deplorable state, the recovery from which appeared highly improbable : now, as he was not only restored from racking torture tp ease by your Sol- vent but continues in health at this moment, though in a most advanced period of life, he is desirous, as well from inclination as duty, to make known so uncommon a cure for the benefit of the unhappv sufferers in like manner. It was as follows Mr. Frost (of Horsley, in this neighbourhood) had been il many years; insomuch that lie could bear no exercise whatever,