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main in Fort William. Five or fix weeks 
‘after he landed at Berwick, his {tools were 
more numerous, and {till very painful. 
Sometimes blood, fometimes flime, fome- 
times ichor, and once he pafled a great 
quantity of hardened excrements, which 
relieved him of a dull pain of his left hy- 
pochondre; his legs too, at night, {welled 
and pitted to the touch, and his ftomach 
was often inflated. Bitters, with fteel, 
were prefcribed, and camomile tea drank 
for breakfaft, while the utmoft regard was 
had to diet; the vitr. antimon. was again 
tried, and alum poflet recommended. The 
dyfentery baffled all our attempts ; and 
now, defpairing of his recovery, I ordered . 
him to drink lime water, with a third 
part milk, to the quantity of an Englifh 
pint and a half every day: It was at the 
latter end of November 1752. In three 
days time, there was a fenfible change to 
the better, his ftools were lefs frequent, 
and his pains abated. Encouraged by 
this happy beginning, he was ordered to 
drink /id, iii, of lime water a day. This, 
*~hree weeks, made him fo coftive, that 
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