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that her maid was not able to keep her 
hand on it. By degrees it rofe to her 
throat, when fhe was almoft ftrangled. 
She could by no means lie down, but was 
forced to fit night and day in an eafy chair ; 
and, even then, if fhe leaned her head to 
the one fide or other, it gave her great 
pain ; fo that fhe was obliged to fit in an 
erect pofture. Her legs were very. much 
fwelled, which fubfided a little on laying 
them on a chair; but as foonasthathap- _ 
pened, the afthma returned. She did no” , 
thing all this while but keep herfelf warm, 
now and then drinking a little ot fome gene- 
rous wine (as fhe faid,to keep it out of 
her {tomach), and once or twice took a 
little of the t:éd#. facra. On the 21ft of — 
November, about 9 o’clock at night, a la- 
dy of her acquaintance, who had feen her 
in this condition, defired me to vifit her, 
though fhe doubted if I fhould find her a- 
live. Accordingly I went; and, as I had 
{een fach extraordinary effects of the Ton- 
quin medicine in the /imgultus, and had 
heard from Mr Read of its efficacy in o- 
ther nervous cafes, I imagined it might 
be 
