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had taken the medicine regularly, till ‘the whole 
quantity was confumed, without perceiving the leaft 
effect of any kind from it, and continued well till 
the evening of the following day, when a 
little fi Eines took place, which increafed, but 
never fo as to occafion either vomiting or purging, 
but a furprifing difcharge of urine. The faliva in- 
creafed fo as to run out of his mouth, and a watery 
difcharge from his eyes; thefe difcharges continued, 
with a continual ficknefs, till the fwelling was to- 
tally gone, which happened in three or four days. 
He afterwards took fteel and bitters; and continu- 
ed very comfortably, without any return of his 
dropfy, until the the 7th of April 1782, when he 
was feized with an epidemic cough, which was very 
frequent with us at that time. His fwellings 1 now 
returned very rapidly, with the greateft difficulty 
in breathing, and he died in a few days. Blifters 
and expectorating me dicines were ufed on this laft 
ae 35 we : 
: qtr of a Letter from Mr. Causer. 
Mrs. S——, the fubjeé of the following Cafe, 
3 : was as ill as it is poflible for woman to be and reco- 
_ ver; from the inefficacy of the medicines ufed, 1 
- am convinced no medicine would have fa 
3 aa Oe, ee: I never faw fo oe ; 
