126 COMMUNICATIONS 
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Mrs. saged 7o years. A lady frequently afflided 
with the gout, and an afthmatical cough. Aftera 
long continuance of the latter, - fhe had a great di- 
minution of urine, and confiderable difficulty of 
breathing, particularly on motion, or when lying. 
Her body was much bound. There was, however,: 
no septs {welling eae took eee espe of 
thofe days, an ther breathing auch - 
Gelieved.. ry ‘eno oF “thr e€ weeks after the ufe of it 
the was perfectly ony The purgative medicine 
. neither imcreafed the urine, nor relieved the breath- 
ing, till sed Foxglove was a added. 
This fpring fhe jong laboured. with the pce. in 
her ftomach, which terminated in a fit in her hand. 
Spies the whole of this tedious seer of pont 
_ She took the fame preparation of Foxglove with- 
_ out any diuretic effect, and afterwards two and three 
grains of the powder twice a day with as little. The 
_ -dulcified fpirits of vitriol, however, cay hess : 
“noted the urinary | ecretion. 
