ces ES 975: 17 
. In O@ober 1777, in confequence of having pur- 
fued his intemperate mode of living, his dropfy re*» 
turned, accompanied by evident marks of difeafed ~~ 
vifcera. A decoction of two drams of Fol. Digital, 
ficcat. to a pint, once more removed the dropfy. He 
took ‘a wine glafs full thrice a day. 
Ls Fanuley 1778, . was dikeed to vifit ecediaia: 
I found he had gone on in his ufual intemperate life, 
his countenance jaundiced, and the dropfy coming 
on apace. After giving fome deobftruent medi- 
cines, I again directed the Digitalis, which again 
emptied the water; but he did not furvive mead 
weeks. HS 
1977: 
ee 
Sebraagy —. ‘ass: Mo ee aie Siena 
ai anafarca, but not much otherwife difeafed, and 
well enough to walk about the houfe, and fee after 
her family affairs. I thought thisa fair cafe for a 
trial of the Digitalis, and therefore direded a de- 
_coétion of the frefh leaves, the ftock of dried ones 
“being exhaufted. About a week afterwards, —_ 
stead ot ele to poe Be 
