The Iutroduttion, — cxlix 
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A Gentlemam, aged about Forty five, looking very black in the 
Face, or of a livid Afpect, had been very much given, to Venery, 
and intemperance in Drinking. He had always after a debauch 
fome bruifed places about him, which were hurt by Accidents and 
Falls. For thefe Cafualties it was proper to bleed him very often to, 
prevent his death, as on hurting his Sides, came Pleurifies and In- 
flammations, for which there was a neceflity to give him {everal 
Medicines, and more efpecially toufe Phlebotomy. He complain’d 
to me one day he thought his Belly {well’d, and that he made a ofaDrop- 
{mall quantity of Urine. I told him I thought “twas yery danger. fic from in- 
_ ous and advis'd Jalap, and other purgers of water to carry off thee cn 
humours, which threatned a Dropfie, as alfo Chalybeats and Diu- Wine and 
retics, with Exercife. Although thefe Medicines wrought well, yet Venery. 
his Belly {well’d more and more, whereby I was almoft fure he 
would not live long, and fo it proy’d, for in about three weeks 
time his Belly {well’d moft prodigioufly, made his breathing un- 
eafie, the watery humour overwhelmed his Brain, made him De- 
lirous, and alfo {eiz’d his Lungs, fo that he had a great Cough and 
died. He usd to drink two Boles of burnt Wine every night when 
well, in the night time, co fupport, as he thought, his Spirits. 
One Lambert, 2 young Man, complain’d to me of a great pain of the 
in one of his Kidnies, with Vomiting, he usd to be troubl’d wrich Stone. 
the Stone there. { gave him about one Grain of Laud.Lond. in a- 
bout feven Grains of Extr. Rud. he had eafe prefently, a Stool 
fome while after, and was perfectly cur’d of that Paroxylm. The 
like I have known in a great many others, Eafing of che pain takes 
of the conftriGtion of the Ureters and Membranes, and then che 
Sand, Gravel, or Stone come away. 
A Woman of about Fifty years of age, was taken with an Epi- 
demic Tertian. I gave her the Cortex, by which fhe yas curd, 
and continu’d well fome weeks. On Chri/tmas Eve, fhe took a 
great cold, and fell into an Epidemic Pleurilie, which was then 
frequently join’d with Rhumatic pains, and mortal. I advisd her Of a Pleu- 
forthwith to bleed plentifully, and gave her fome Sal Prunell. and" 
Crabs-Eyes in large quantities. She fent for fome ignorant Fellow 
who could not biced her, and neglected that Remedy two days, 
in which time her pains increas d. Ifent for a-Chirurgeon, who 
bled her, direGted her a Clifter, gave her inwardly Antipleuritics, 
order'd her fide to be rub’d with Ung, Dialth. 1 advifed her to re- 
peat bleeding, which was done five umes in two days, wichout 
any fuccels, tor her pains increafed in a imall time after bleeding, 
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