Unpublished paper, 'Experiments on the contents of the cardiac portion of the stomach, with a view to prevent an increased secretion of uric acid, with some remarks on the composition of the urine' by William T [Thomas] Brande Brande recounts experiments carried out alongisde [Everard] Home on the contents of the cardiac portion of the stomach, intended to control the production of uric acid and therefore reduce the likelihood of urinary calculi. Brande provides four case studies of patients suffering from calculi and provides analyses of their urine. Corrections and annotations appear in ink throughout. Subject: Physiology / Medicine Read to the Royal Society on 22 February 1810. 1 January 1810