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do in nervous fevers. His pulfe exceflive- 
ly {mall and low, with /ub/ultus tendinum. 
The fenfe of feeling feemed alfo impaired ; 
for, when I[ pinched his fkin, he made no 
complaint. He had no inclination to vo- 
mit, nor had any {tool from the time he 
took the feed. I ordered him immediate- 
ly a vomit ; and in the mean time Dr Bof- 
well was fent for. He fpit out the vomit 
‘as foon as it was poured into his mouth; 
fo that it appeared he was either not de- 
prived of tafte, or could not let the vomit 
over. A fecond vomit was inftantly gi- 
ven, which was alfo {pilt or {pit out. A 
folution of white vitriol was afterwards 
given, the moft of which he fwallowed 
without the defired effet. A ftrong cly- 
{ter with antimonial wine was adminittred, 
which he kept about twenty minutes. 
He got a fecond injection an hour after. 
As he continued in the fame miferable 
ficuation, a blifter was applied to his head, 
and finapifms to the foles of his feet. He 
pafled the night in the fame condition 
without 
