on DROPSY, &, — 201 
§ 19. I lately met with two cals which ilies 
confidered and treated as angina pedtoris. The: 
both appeared to me to be cafes of hydrothorax., 
One fubjec& wasa clergyman, whofe ftrength had — 
been fo compleatly exhaufted by the continuance of 
the difeafe, and the attempts to relieve it, that he 
did not furvive many days. ‘The other was a lady, 
whofe time of life made me fufpe& effufion. I di- 
rected her to take fmall dofes of the pulv. Digitalis, 
which in eight days removed all her complaints. 
This happened fix months ago, and fhe remains 
perfealy well. 
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HL DROenpi ee and ANASAR cA, 
ig Billet; may ery be cured ey the = Digit. ~ 
- § a1. Dropfies in the cheft either with or withe — 
anafarcous limbs, are much more curable than thofe. 
of the belly. Probably becaufe the abdominal vif 
cera are more frequently difeafed in the latter than” 
in the former cafes. a 
INS ANT TY. 
522. _ L APPREHEND this difeafe to be more 
, conneéted with ferous effufion tham has 
