GU A> S° ES... 1582 51 
CA. S-E. -Eay 
November 16th. Mrs. F , At. 53. = 
Auguft \aft was fuddenly feized with epileptic fits, 
which continued torecur at uncertain intervals. fier: 
belly had long been larger than natural, but without 
any perceptible flu@tuation. Her legs and thighs 
{welled very confiderably the beginning of this 
month, and now there was evidently water in the 
abdomen. ‘The medicines hitherto in vain dire@ed 
againit the epileptic attacks, were now fufpended, 
and two grains of the Pulv. fol. Digital. dire@ed to 
be taken every fix hours. ‘The effe&s were moft 
favourable, and the dropfica! fymptoms were foon 
removed by a urinary difcharges, 
The attacks of epilepfy ceafed foon afterwards. 
In February, 1781, there was fome return of ie 
” fwellings, which were foon removed, and fhe : . 
enjoys very good health. Does not the narrz 
of this cafe throw light upon the nature of the epi- 
lepfy which fometimes attacks women, foon after 
the ceffation of the menftrual flux ? 
1781. 
-G A SE LVI. 
semen, 1. Mis. C——, of H—, ‘ 
Pym rE: ordered her to take one on of Pulv. 
