To Jan Ingenhousz (unpublished)
Passy Dec. 24, 1783
My dear Friend,

I am greatly indebted to you for Letters. I shall write largely to you soon. With this I send you some American Papers, more Letters to Sir Jos. Banks, A Letter to Mr. Nairne on Thermometers, and some Catalogues of Seeds. I have sent the Order to America for Seeds which your Friend desired, but I fear the Vessel I sent it by is lost, not being arriv’d the 6th of last Month: Luckily I have a Copy which shall send by a Packet that sails the 24th. Do what you please with my Papers, and among the rest that of the Wethercock. I am hearty and well, except a Stone in my Bladder, which however does not yet give me much Pain. With the greatest and most sincere Esteem, I am ever, my dear Friend, Yours most affectionately

B Franklin

Is there any dependance on dissolving Remedies for the Stone? Had I not better content myself with some Regimen that may prevent its growing?
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