Difcharge of them before Concretion. And I am perfuaded, that, by taking them, Perfons who have not that Distemper, will be fecured from it; and those who have it, from growing worse. And if, on leffening my Quantity, I again find the Appearance of red Sand, I will increase it again to a Quantity fufficient to prevent it. 4. They are Lithontriptics. Of this I have often had ocular Proof; and the discharged Fragments are foftened, and their Parts more easily separated. 5. They are Lenitives, where the Stone is not entirely discharged; fo that when a compleat Cure is not obtained, Eafe may, as I have happily experienced. But from what Caufe this proceeds, let Phyficians enquire and determine. I believe Men fcarce differ fo much in the Tem per of their Bodies, as of their Minds; and though many Cafes may be very unlike my own, I am perfuaded, that a regular Ufe of this Medicine would, for the most Part, be as beneficial to others as to myfelf. Perfons, with whom it difagrees, in other Refpects, are excluded from this Benefit; as the Intemperate are from the Benefit of this or any other Medicine. I have, for a long Courfe of Years, abftained from all strong Liquors; but drink every thing that is fmall. I can eat any thing, but not much; and like the most common Diet beft. I prefer moft things to Flefh; and of Flesh the whiteft. I never altered altered my common Diet on Account of this Medicine; or the Times of my Meals, which have ever been very irregular. I have always taken an Ounce at a time; sometimes before, fometimes at, and fometimes after, Meals; and I have often made a Meal of the Medicine itself, only with a Glass of fmall Liquor (of any Sort) and a little Bread, which I have always taken with it. I generally took the three Ounces at proper Intervals; and fometimes at very fhort ones. This Medicine has always agreed with me; and I never once felt it on my Stomach, or any other Inconvenience from it. And I think it my Duty to omit no Opportunity of publishing its Virtues to the World. POSTSCRIPT. SIN INCE I finished this Fffay, I am in doubt whether I ought not to change the Title. For I have heard of a very ingenious Performance, called The Analysis of Beauty, which proves incontestably, that it confifts in Curve Lines: I congratulate my Fraternity; and hope, for the future, the Ladies will efteem them Des Beaux Garçons. POST.. POST-POSTSCRIPT, Wonder, that in the first Edition of this Essay, I forgot to mention fome Inconveniences I fuffer of a very grievous Nature; and which have a Right to a Place in Pages 102 and 103 of this Edition. When I am in a Coach with a Fair Lady, I am hid by Silk and Whale-bone. When I fit next her at Table, my Arm is so pinioned, I can neither help her nor myself. We are deprived of the Pleasure of feeing each other; and fhe would scarce know I was there, if he did not fometimes hear me under her Wing. I am in Purgatory on the Confines of Paradife. I therefore beg one Favour, and which fhe may grant with Honour; that (fince I defpair of fupplanting her [e] Lap-dog) fhe will allow me a Cufhion to raise me above fuch Misfortunes. [e] N. B. Many Ladies fay, that Shock is as ugly a Cur as myself, and unworthy of his Poft. But nothing fo disrespectful fhall ever scape me left it would offend, or be thought the Envy of a Rival, Lucina A LETTER Humbly addreffed to the ROYAL SOCIETY; IN WHICH Is proved, by moft Inconteftable EVIDENCE, Ore omnes verfæ in Zephyros fiant rupibus altis, VIRG. Georgic. iii Cur ego defperem fieri fine conjuge mater, Or, as other Authors fing, OVID. Faft. v. The frolic Wind that breathes the Spring, As he met her once a Maying, Fill'd her with thee a Daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonnair. MILTON'S L'Allegro. First Printed in 1750. |