Litholapaxy and Allied Operations

A great deal has been written in support of the various theories propounded to account for the prevalence of stone in certain countries, and in certain parts of those countries; and it is doubtless proper that a paper on the subject of the modern methods of dealing with calculus in the bladder, should touch, however lightly, on the subject of its causation. The writer is much impressed with the probability of its distribution and prevalence being due to drinking water and to the presence therein of lime salts?which we know are much