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Excerpt from A System of Surgery, Vol. 2: Illustrated With Copperplates Whatever may be the immediate caufe of this difference of confiftence in fiones, and even of different parts of the fame Prone, is of little importance in practice: but we know from experience, that the fymptoms produced by calculi formed of hard compact materials, are in general more fevere than fuch as arife from thofe of a fofter texture; and we likewife know, that the furface of {tones being fmooth or ragged, has much more in uence than any other eirqumftance in the violence of the fymptoms which they produce: much variety too, it may be remarked, is met with in human calculi With refpee't to the fmoethnefs of their furfaces fome of them being perfeelly polifhed, while others are altogether covered with hard {harp lipicula. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."