The practice of surgery . [Fig. 199. Fusible Calculus. (From Gross.) Fig. 2H0. Section of the same, showing its in-ternal itrueture. (From Gross.)—Ed.] VII. The Carbonate of Lime Calculus, is common in the lower ani-mals, but rare in man. It is white, spherical, smooth, and very friable;and dissolves in muriatic acid, with effervescence. VIII. The Cystic Oxide Calculus is also rare;1 of a yellowish-whitecolor ; the surface smooth, but of a crystallized appearance ; not lami-nated in texture, but presenting the appearance of a confusedly crystal-lized mass; the fracture exhibits a peculiar shin
The practice of surgery . [Fig. 199. Fusible Calculus. (From Gross.) Fig. 2H0. Section of the same, showing its in-ternal itrueture. (From Gross.)—Ed.] VII. The Carbonate of Lime Calculus, is common in the lower ani-mals, but rare in man. It is white, spherical, smooth, and very friable;and dissolves in muriatic acid, with effervescence. VIII. The Cystic Oxide Calculus is also rare;1 of a yellowish-whitecolor ; the surface smooth, but of a crystallized appearance ; not lami-nated in texture, but presenting the appearance of a confusedly crystal-lized mass; the fracture exhibits a peculiar shining lustre; small frag-ments are semitransparent. The blowpipe elicits a peculiar odor, like 1 I had occasion to remove a calculus of this nature, successfully, from a patient Promwhom Mr. Listen had removed a like stone fifteen years before—Monthly Journal, 1849pp. 191 and 886. 29 450 URINARY CALCULI. that of sulphuret of carbon ; and there is a ready solubility in alkaliesand mineral acids. [Fig. 201.] [Fig. 202.] K
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