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health in general better than it ae been, for fome 
years. eit 
ea ae 
ce 
GA § he 
- | Mr. W. , aged —. In Fune, 1782, was 
affected with flight difficulty in re{piration, upon tak- 
-ing exercife or lying down in bed. Thefe fymp- 
toms increafed gradually until the end of July, 
_ when he complained of fenfe of weight and uneafi- 
nefs about the prcecordia; lofs of appetite; and 
coftivenefs. The urine was {mall in quantity, and 
high coloured ; his pulfe feeble, and intermittings 
he breathed with difficulty - when in bed, and flept 
little. ‘After the exhibition of an emetic, and an 
me) pening medicine of rhubarb, ee 
he was directed to take half a dram —— {quill pi ae 
pharm. Edinburg. night and morning, with 3fs fa 
fode in Zifs. infuf. amar. fimpl. twice ad 2 
thefe medicines were continued during ten days, 
without any fenfible effe&. A blifter was then ap- 
plied to the fternum, and fix grains of calomel giv- 
en in the evening. The fymptoms were now in- 
creafed very confiderably, in every particular; and 
the following infufion was fubftituted for the formme®. 
medicines. 
2 Fol. Digital =e sii. 
oe — sii. infund.— 
