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The ficknefs which followed was truly alarming ; 
it continued at intervals for many days, his pulfe 
funk down to forty in a minute, every objet ap- 
peared green to his eyes, and between the exertions 
of reaching he lay in a ftate approaching to fyncope. 
The ftrongeft cordials, volatiles, and repeated blif- 
ters barely fupported him. At length, however, 
he did begin to emerge out of the extreme danger 
into which his folly had plunged him; and by ge- 
nerous living and tonics, in about two months he 
came to enjoy a perfect {tate of health. 
G A_S_k CVII. 
November 19th. Mafter S——_—, At. 8. Atcites 
and anafarca. A dram of Fol. Digitalis in a fix. 
ounce infufion, given in dofes of a fpoonful, efle@ed 
a perfect cure, without producing naufea. 
‘The reader will perhaps remark, that from the 
middle of Fanuary to the firlt of May, not a fingle 
cafe occurs, and that the amount of cafes is likewife 
lefs than in the preceding or enfuing years; to pre- 
vent erroneous conjectures or conclufions, it may 
be expedient to mention, that the ill ftate of 1 al 
own health obliged me to retire from bufinefs fe 
fome time in the {pring of the year, and t 
not perfedly recover until the following 
