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hot (^iite fo much as id ufually obtained from the fanae quan» 

 tity of cow's milk. 



^ Aftc^r the oj>eration, the boy was reftbred to his ufual feel- 

 ings, arid, in fa£l, fceiiied to havfe no complaint, fave a con- 

 fl^lnt braving for food. He was taken home three dayiJ after, 

 and I heard no more of him for fourteen days, when I was 

 feqaefted to vifit him iti the cbuntry; I found him, in all 

 refpedls, as befofe, fave a greater degree of emaciation ; and^ 

 by repeating the operation, 1 obtained a fluid of the fame 

 kind, and nearly the fame (|\iantity, as before, from thi^ 

 time nntil the !^th of March I heard nothing of my patient: 

 as his frieni!f> had determined to yield him to his fate, pro- 

 vided the laft attempt fhould prove unfuccefsftd, I had, in 

 iny imaginatibti,' numbered him with the dead. Having oc- 

 cafion to vifit the neighbotirhood at this time^ I was agree- 

 ably difappdinted in finding him in perfe(St health, without 

 any intitmefcence 6f the abdbffien, and with an appetite' de- 

 duced to diie moderation. 



It is evident, from the circumftances of the above com- 

 plaint, that fdme of the larger chylifferous ^eflels werfe eitbet 

 el*dded or rupturcd ; and the emaciation which was taking 

 place, and the fhortfpare of time which had elapfed betweeri 

 the operations, induced me to coticlude the cure beyond the 

 bounds of our art. I therefore contented myfclf with order- 

 ing a few dofes df calomel ahd laudarium, \Vith a view tc^ 

 'excite abforption ; but more with a view to fatisfy the minds 

 bf thofe concerned, than from a profpe(^ of any permanent 

 utility. I advifed ari adherence to folid rather than fluid foodj 

 and, being requelted, permitted a moderate ufe bf Geneva. 



On inquiiy, I learned that ilo medicine of any kind had 

 been given after the day of the fecond operation ; and, by the 

 ^ofitive order of the miftrefs of the fiimilyj the patient was 

 entirely reftrained from the ufe of every fluid, except gin, 

 and confined to bread toafted brown, and freih medls, boiled 

 or roafled, without pepper or fait. This regimen was en- 

 forced, withbut the leaft relaxation, fot the firfl tefi days. 

 For the two fucceeding weeks, d fmall pcrlion of water was 

 fometiTnes added to the gin, but never to exceed it in quan- 

 tity. After which period, perceiving no ttndency to the former 



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