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to let it ftand till cold, then to pour off the clear li- 
quor, and add a glafs of gin to it, and to take three 
table fpoonfuls every third hour, until it had fome 
fenfible effect upon him. : e 
Before’ he had taken all the infufion, the quan- 
tity of urine made increafed, (he therefore left off 
taking it), and it continued to do fo until all the 
water was evacuated. His breathing became much 
better, his cough abated, though it never quite left 
him; he being for fome time before afthmatic. 
By: taking | fome tonic pills he continued quite well 
until the next fpring, when he had a return. of his 
Sepa, which was carried off by the fame means. 
Two-years after, he had a third attack, and this al- 
fo gave way to the medicine. . Laft year he died of 
a Blea 
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