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colle&ed, and neither the Digitalis nor any other 
medicine would carry it off. Ltapped him:the ed 
of Auguft 1779 in the ufual place, and took fome 
gallons of water from him, but he very foon filled 
again, and as he had a very large rupture, a confi- 
derable quantity of the water lodged in the fcrotum, 
and could not be got away by tapping in the ufual 
place. I therefore (on the 28th of the fame month) 
made an incifion into the lower part of the fcrotum, 
and drained off all the water that way, but he was 
. fo very much reduced, that he died the 8th or gth 
of September following, which was about two years 
and two months after he firft peau the Digitalis. 
I pei: evers | dre pfic: t 
fome pe recovered by = Vigitalis, fince you 
attended Mr. ‘Moms oar aE as I did not take; aide : 
or make any memorandums of a. nn 
you any of them. : 
Communications from Dr. Sroxes, Phyfician, 
in Stourbridge. 
Dear Sr, 
I ACCEPT with er ‘ 
invitation to communicate what I know ref 
the pr perties of Digitalis; and if an a 
what, gs had difcovered eager , 
ae A antes ag: 
