Sir Francis Bryan. In the middle of the 16th century Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, rendered his government a rather curious service. In 1548 James Butler, 9th Earl of Omonde, an Irish noble, whose powerful influence was obnoxious to the government at Dublin, died in London of poison.
Struvite stones. Some kidney stones are struvite stones. They can also be called infection stones if they occur with kidney or urinary tract infections (UTIs) . These types of kidney stones sometimes are also called staghorn calculi if they grow large enough.
Kidney stones are solid crystals formed from the salts in urine. They are sometimes called renal calculi. Kidney stones can block the flow of urine and cause infection, kidney damage or even kidney failure. They can vary in size and location. The risk of kidney stones is about one in 10 for men and one in 35 for women. Between four and eight per cent of the Australian population suffer from kidney stones at any time.