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GC A s°E° XCyvae 
September 25th. Mr. R , Zt. 60. Com 
plained to me of a ficknefs after eating, and for 
fome weeks paft he had thrown up all his food, foon 
after he had fwallowed it. He had taken various 
medicines, but found benefit from none, and had 
tried various kinds of diet. He was now very thin 
and weak; but had a good appetite. As feveral 
very probable methods had been prefcribed, and as 
the ufual fymptoms of organic difeafe were abfent, 
I determined to give him a fpoonful of the Infufion 
of Digitalis twice a day; made by digefting two 
drams of the dried leaves in halfa pint of cinnamon 
water. From the time he began to take this medi- 
cine he fuffered no return of his complaint, and 
foon recovered his fleth and his ftrength. : : 
a 
“It Should be ‘sbievelmeeD had frequently : 
the Digitalis remove fi cknefs, though prefered fo for 
“ay different complaints. 
Se Fey E- XCIX. 
‘Sehtembir goth. Mrs, A—-., Et. 38. Hydro- 
thorax and anafarca. Her cheft was very confider- 
FP deformed. One half pie of the Digita 
