Cure for the Stone

            Cure for the Stone

“One gill of the expressed juice of horse mint and of
red onions to be taken every morning and evening
until the complaint be removed.”
    A gentleman of Alexandria U. S. A. being
urged to a trial of the above mentioned remedy, sub-
mitted to it, tho’ with some reluctance, as he conceived
his term of life to be but short at most. Not having it
in his power to procure green mint, so as to get the
juice, he used instead thereof, a strong decoction
of the dried herb; in other respects strictly adherring
to the above prescription, which had the desired ef-
fect. He began the experiment in August 1792, and
within one week, he had ocular demonstration of
dissolution, by the slightest touch of a particle that
had passed from him, which continued to do so,
without pain or the least obstruction until the stone
was entirely dissolved, and the cure completely ef-
fectuated before the ensuing spring.