go” ScA S E SF. 1784. 
G AS E CXXXVIl. 
Auguft roth. Mrs. W—, At. 55. Aivana- 
farcous leg, and {ciatica ; full ‘habit. After bleed- 
ing and a purge, a blifter was applied in the man- 
ner recommended by Cotunnius; and two grains 
of fol. Digital. with fifteen of fol. cicute were di- 
tected to be taken night and morning. The medi- 
cine acted only as asa ak: oa Baie and fwelling 
~ tunnius’s aaa of bliftering i in the fciatien, haviile 
ufed it in a great number a cafes, and sche 
with fuccefs. 
GU A:S -E*-“GEEXVHE 
Augujt 16th. Mrs, A of S——_, At, 38. 
About the middle of Summer began to complain of _ 
-thort breath, great debility, and lofs of appetite. At 
this time there were evident marks of effufion i in the 
thorax, and fome {welling in the legs. The 2d-— 
vanced age, the weaknefs, and other circumftances - 
of this patient, precluded every idea of her recovery: — 
but fomething was to be attempted. Squills and 
other remedies had been tried ; I therefore dire&ted 
- ‘pills with two or three grains of the puly. Digitalis 
: to be taken every night for fix nights, anda faline 
— draug at with forty drops of acetum feillit. twice | ee 
ay. She took but few of the draucl: is, feldom | 
