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the fame:thro’ ithe day. This courfe, with 
a due regimen, he obferved. regularly for a 
month;’ but’'as “he was quite wearied with 
the tedious courfe he had formerly under- 
gone; and, as he afterwards told me, was 
refolved his difeafe fhould terminate, foon, 
either in death or recovery; he frequently 
begged I would increafe:the dofe of pills: 
upon whichyI allowed him to take four, 
morning and*evening,: but told him I durft 
venture no further; and withal what quantity 
of mercury they contained: he at the fame 
time afked me, what would be the effe& of 
over-dofing them? I told him, I believed they 
would either caufe him vomit, or raife a fali- 
vation: this he pocketed up, as being figns 
fufficient to ‘know when to ftop: in -fhort, 
as he hadeaccefs to get the pills renewed. at 
my fhop when he pleafed, without my know- 
ing any thing of the matter; he had taken 
24 pills each day for the continued fpace. of 
fix weeks, without being attended with the 
{malleft inconvenience: and in that time the 
erratic pains and node had entirely vanithed: 
but he afterwards made ufe of the pills, tho’ 
~ 4n fmaller dofes. Having thus conquered his 
difeate by his rafhnefs; he triumphed as. ha- 
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