what's the stone?

By nice
Shenzhen, China
October 6, 2026 8:14pm CST
Last night I read OF STUDIES by Bacon,a sentence within quite puzzled me,that's:Bowling is good for the stone and reins.I did have the translation while still wondering. what's the stone actually? have a good day mylotters.
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Michael
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7 Oct
I think the stone there means kidney stones or bladder stones, since old English used it for that. Reins just means the kidneys, so he was saying bowling is good for that area. Funny how old books can be so confusing sometimes.