In this connection is should be noted that a great drain of water from the system by any other channel than the kidneys predisposes to the production of gravel or stone.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Want of exercise predisposes to it, or feed which is coarse and indigestible may after a time produce it.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Says Maudsley, "I cannot but think that the extreme passion for getting rich, absorbing the whole energies of a life, predisposes to mental degeneracy in the offspring, either to moral defect, or to intellectual deficiency, or to outbursts of positive insanity."
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde