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operation of the clyfter gave him fome 
eafe; but the ftate of the hernia was not 
in the leaft altered. He continued reftlefs 
and much pained all night, and in the 
_ morning he drank the decoc?. tamarindor, 
cum dupl. fenne, which gave him feveral 
loofe {tools throughout the day, the hernia 
- eontinuing as hard and painful as for- 
merly. 
He-would not agree to have the opera- 
tion of the dubonocele performed, and in 
the evening his pulfe became feeble; he 
had frequent returns of a fingulfus, and died 
next morning. It may be neceflary to 
- mention, that, foon after the vomit, he 
cried out, that fomething was tearing his 
ftomach and guts towards the bottom of 
his belly. 
_ During his illnefs I was much per- 
_ plexed about the nature of the hernia, As 
_ the clyfters and ptifan had operated very 
| naturally, [could not imagine that it was ~ 
any portion of the inteflines; and, as he 
_ was of a remarkably thin habit of body, 
_ Icould fearcely imagine that it was the 
 otnentum ; however, as his friends gave 
; me 
