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health than he had been from the time he was 
affected with the paralytic ftroke, and exc 
fome return of his afthmatic complaint in the w win- 
ter, hath continued fo ever fince. Ete 
G £o°S-£ rH; 
R- Howgate, a man much addicted to intem- 
perance, particularly in the ufe of {fpirituous liquors, 
“Et. 60, was admitted into the Hofpital near 
Birmingham, May 17, 1783. He complained of 
difficulty of breathing, attended with cough, parti- 
cularly troublefome on lying down; drowfinefs and 
frequent dozing, from which he was roufed by 
flartings, accompanied with seat anxiety and op- 
preffion about the breaft ; cc atous fwe ) 
the legs; conftant defire to make : wat 
he paffed with difficulty, and only by = 
weak and irregular; body rather coftive ; fa 
emaciated; no appetite for food. Cap I 
ter in die.* 
vet 
May 20th. The pills have had no effe&.—Cap. | 
~miftur. c. ¢ Decod. Digital. &e. cochl.ii. larg. 3 
quague hora, ad 3tiam vicem. 
May 21ft. Made near two Feacaits of water in ‘the 
—— ‘Without — inthe leat fick. He: 
Rad fell. recent. sine. caftiliens. palv. x 
ol. junip. gutt. xvi. fyr. balf. q.s. f+ ‘mafs. in pil. xxiv. divi. 
4 sis + + ain in the fame manner as in the former cafe. 
