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what relieved his difficulty of breathing, and his pulfe became' 

 lets irregular : this copious fweat recurred three or four times at 

 the intervals of five or fix days, and repeatedly alleviated his 

 iyrn ptoms. 



He was directed one large fpoonful of the above decoction of 

 foxglove every hour, till it procured fome confiderable evacua- 

 tion : after he had taken it eleven fucceffive hours he had a 

 few liquid (tools, attended with a great flow of urine, which laft 

 had a dark tinge, as if mixed with a few drops of blood : he 

 continued fick at intervals for two days, but his breath became 

 quite eaiy, and his pulfe quite regular, the fwelling of his leg* 

 difappeared, and his appetite and fleep returned. 



He then took three grains of white vitriol twice a day, witlr 

 fome bitter medicines, and a grain of opium with five grains of 

 rhubarb every night ; was advifed to cat flefh meat, and fpice, 

 as his ftomach would bear it, with fmall beer, and a few glaffes 

 of wine j and had ifiues made in his thighs ; and has fuffered 

 no relapfe. 



4. A lady, about fifty years of age, had for fome weeks great 

 difficulty of breathing, with very irregular pulfe, and confidera- 

 ble general debility : fhe could lie down in bed, and the urine 

 was in due quantity and of the natural colour, and fhe had no 

 pain or numbnefs of her arm*. 



She took one large fpoonful of the above deco£lion of foxglove 

 every hour, for ten or twelve fucceffive hours •, was fick, and 

 made a quantity of pale urine for about two days, and was quite 

 relieved both of the difficulty of breathing, and the irregularity 

 of her pulfe. She then took a' grain of opium, and five grains 

 of rhubarb, every night, for many weeks ; with fome flight cha- 

 lybeate and bitter medicines, and has fuffered no relapfe. 



Hydrops Thoracis. 



5. A tradefman, about fifty years of age, became weak an J 

 fhort of breath, efpecially on increafe of motion, with pain in 

 une arm, about the mfertion of the biceps mufcle. He obferv- 

 ed he femetimes In the night made an umifual quantity of pale 

 water. He took calomel, alum, and peruvian bark, and all his 



mptoms increafed : his legs began to fwell confiderably \ his 

 breath became more difficult, and he-could not lie down in bed; 

 •but all this time he made a due quantity of itraw-colouved 

 yrater. 



The decoction of foxglove was given as in the preceding ca- 

 fes, which operated chiefly by purging, and feemed to relieve 

 his breath for a day or two ; but alio feemed to contribute to 



weaken 



