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pofture was ftanding with'his body leaning over 2 
chair, in which fituation he would continue many 
hours together, Jabouring for breath, with the fweat 
trickling down his face very profufely ; the urine 
in very fmall quantity. Diuretics of every kind I 
could think of were ufed with very little or no ad- 
vantage. Blifters applied to the legs relieved very 
confiderably for atime, but ‘by‘no means could I 
anereale J the urinary: difcharge. Warm ftomachic 
s were given, and at the fame time fina 
lied.to 1 the feet, in hopes of enticing gout 
es a Fae 22d. The {welling confiderab 
y increafing, 
= €8,°: but: without any good effett.— 
van iémetic of <acet. feillitic. was given, which aéted : 
~ very violently, and increafed the urinary difcharge 
confiderably. He continued better and worfe, ufing = 
different kinds-of diuretic and expectorating medi 
cines until September 1781, when the difeafe was fo Z 
much ‘worfe, I did not expe@ he could live many fe 
days, ‘The acet. {cillitic. was repeated, a table 
_ fpoonful ‘every I half hour, lL it ated brifkly up 
2 and downwards; but- eafing the — 
“urinary ¢ if charge On: the 7th of September Vi a 
fufed iii. of ‘the fol. Digitalis in Zvi. of boiling — 
ae four pa then ftrained it, and added 4 
—On n the 18th he began by : 
half oak. it made ey very fick, “anise giddi ae 
| 3 . Bes, — s fig! at “or ae thier bite dl ed. 
y fevere. I faty hith - = me chee 
