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the abdomen, and a very great cedema of the legs 
and thighs. His breathing was very fhort, and ra- 
ther laborious, appetite bad, and thirft confidera- 
ble. His belly was bound, and he paffed very {mall 
quantities of high-coloured urine, that depofited a 
reddifh matter. He had taken medicines fome 
time, and, I = the Digitalis; and had been 
better. 
A blifter was applied to the upper and infide of 
each thigh; he took two fpoonfuls of the decoction, 
with three drams of the dry leaves, two or three 
times a day; and fome opening phyfic occafion- 
ally. 
He lived at a confiderable diftance, and I did not 
vifit him a fecond time; but I was well informed, 
about ten days or a fortnight afterwards, that his - 
urine increafed amazingly upon taking the decotti- 
on, and that the water was ey evacuated. 
Mrs. G— : “pei 50 years. After Seine tele 
ailing, | had a large collection of water in the abdo- 
men and lower extremities. Her urine was high- 
coloured, inifmall quantities, and had a reddifh 
fediment. She took the decoction of Digitalis, 
{quills, &e. without any-effe&. The chryftals % 
| pe, Sete. cured her fpeedily. 
