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fecretion of urine, aconfiderable relief to her breath, 
and fome return of appetite; but- foon: afterwards 
fhe became hectic, {pat purulent matter, and died 
in a few weeks. . 
CG 58-9 aE. CUR. 
April 12th. “Mrs. H—, of L— , Et. 61. 
In December lat this Lady, then upon a Fie in Lon- 
don, was attacked with fevere fymptoms of. pe- 
Tipneumony. She was treated as an afthmatic 
patient, but finding no relief, fhe made an effort 
to return to her home to die. In her way through 
this place, the latter end of December, I was defired 
to fee net By aes bleedings, lifters, and 
other ufual - nethods, fhe was fo ‘far reli ved, that 
the wifhed to remain under - my care. After. 
while fhe began to {pit matter and became k 
With great difficulty the was kept alive during th 
difcharge of theabfcefs, and about the end of March 
fhe had fwelled legs, and unequivocal fymptoms of 
dropfy in the cheft. Other diuretics failing, on the 
412th of April I was induced to give her the Digi- 
talis in fall dofes. ‘The relief was great and effec- 
tual. After an interval of fifteen days, fome fwel- 
lings {till remaining in the legs, I repeated the 
medicine, ares sage fuch good. effect, that th 
