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one_o not_o without_o cause_n avouch_v that_o the_o urine_n give_v notice_n of_o some_o infirmity_n of_o the_o place_n through_o which_o it_o pass_v not_o primary_o and_o principal_o but_o by_o accident_n to_o wit_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o content_n thereof_o which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o excretion_n proceed_v from_o those_o part_n which_o do_v convey_v and_o carry_v the_o urine_n wherefore_o hypocrates_n witness_v finem_fw-la that_o if_o any_o do_v void_a by_o urine_n either_o gravel_n or_o little_a thin_a scurf_n or_o matter_n like_o unto_o scale_n or_o course_v dress_n of_o bran_n little_a gobbet_n of_o flesh_n congeal_a blood_n matter_n or_o small_a hair_n or_o thread_n like_v unto_o the_o small_a vein_n knit_v together_o under_o the_o crevice_n tail_n these_o thing_n declare_v that_o the_o bladder_n be_v annoy_v with_o a_o scab_n and_o the_o kidney_n with_o the_o stone_n suppuration_n the_o rupture_n of_o some_o vein_n or_o some_o other_o infirmity_n but_o lest_o any_o 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