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PHYSICAL ann LITERARY. or 
patient had not ftrength to bear iit, and 
thereby neglected this evacuation till it 
was too late. Whenthere is a fixed pain 
in the ftomach or inteftines, witha quick, 
_ tho’ fmall pulfe, no time is to be loft; 
blood ought immediately to be let plenti- 
fully, and venefection fhould be repeated 
tall the pulfe becomes full and free, which 
4s a hopeful fign of a cure’s being made, 
tho’ neither pain nor fever have yet 
ceafed. | 
THE intufyfceptio or inflammation; but 
efpecially the latter, is generally the caufe 
of what is commonly called the iliac pat: 
fion or miferere; for the volvulus or twitt- 
ing a part of the inteftines into a knot, 
which was formerly faid to be the cafe, 
is generally thought now, when anatomy 
is more cultivated, and infpection of mor- 
bid bodies is more univerfally allowed, 
to be an imaginary evil. It is very rare, 
but not imposible, as will appear from 
the hiftory fubjoined to this, and com- 
municared to me by my Son, 
Vou. Il. Kee ART. 
