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taken in labour. On the day after her deliv ery 
the ague returned, with fo much violence as to en? 
danger her life... As foon-as the fit-left her, I be- 
gan to give her the red bark in fubftance, which 
had the defired effe& of preventing another pa- 
roxyfm. She continued to recover her health for a 
fortnight, but did not find any diminution iti the 
fwellings; her legs were now fo large as to oblige 
her to keep conftantly on the bed, and fhe made 
very little water. =. “ordered her the infufion of 
three times a day, “which,~on the third 
ay, producec avery copious difcharge of urine, 
t = any ficknefs; fhe continued the -ufe of it. 
for ten days, and was them able’ to walk.” Having 
loft all her fwellings,- and no complaint remaining 
but weaknefs, the bark and fteel rk ee ee 
Cure. . 
Extract of a Letter from Dostor Foxes 
Bes -Phyfican,, in Lichfield. 
| ~ ANXIOUS. to procure anfhentic accounts from 
_ the patients, to whom I gave the Foxglove, I have © 
unavoidably been delayed in anfwering your laft 
favour. Se attest I rae the <— will be made 
ym tom; . Mom it ne cafe wai be a io of rs oe 
perthre content myfelf ae {pe =< ge 
