Ten cases of persons who have taken Mrs. Stephens's medicines for the stone. With an abstract of some experiments, tending to illustrate these cases.

Date:
1738
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Credit: Ten cases of persons who have taken Mrs. Stephens's medicines for the stone. With an abstract of some experiments, tending to illustrate these cases. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 5* ] Water became after fome time as much honey¬ combed as the reft, and wafted asfaft; that D4 and G 4 remained unaltered to Appear¬ ance for a long time, and then grew quite rot¬ ten in a few Days* and that I 4, the fmall hard Stone given me by Dr. Hales, had feveral Cracks in it, after about a Month’s Digeftion. IX. Befides thefc I made feveral other Ex¬ periments, the Refult of which it may not be improper juft to mention. X. I digefted different Pieces of the fame Stones in my own alkaline Urine, with diffe¬ rent Heats; the one, that of Urine in the Bladder, the other fo great, that I could not bear my Hand at reft in it; and I found, that the lefs Heat had the greater Effedt. XI. I boiled different Pieces of the fame Stones in common Water, my own alkaline Urine, and common Urine, for Five Hours each. Thofe in Water and my Urine wafted confiderably, and the Surface of the laft was turned white and foft ; but thofe in common Urine had little Effedt produced upon them. XII. I digefted different Pieces of the fame Stones in common Water, the diftilled Water of Water-Pepper, the Juice and the Decoc¬ tion of it; and found that common Water had a greater Effedt than any of thefe. The Heat in this and all the following Experiments did not differ materially from that of Urine in the Bladder. XIII. I digefted Pieces of Stones taken from the humail Bladder, from the Bladders of Dogs,