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calculous

[kal-kyuh-luhs] / ˈkæl kjə ləs /


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In those who were cured by these Remedies, he says, Stones, or a kind of a grumous calculous Matter, were always found in the Stools, as the Jaundice was going off.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Donald Monro

In this connection the presence of magnesia in the feed or water must be named as favoring calculous formations in the urinary passages.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Muller has justly observed that these experiments of Magendie have thrown considerable light on the causes and the mode of treatment of the gout and calculous disorders.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The disease may be acute or chronic—the first by reason of acute, adhesive inflammation blocking the outlet, the second by gradual thickening and ulceration of the sheath and blocking by the sebaceous and calculous accretion.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Powdered, they have been supposed peculiarly serviceable in calculous disorders.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury


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