446 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS: 
I gave him over to the care of a nurfe; 
ordered him a little warm wine and wa- 
ter, and expected to hear of his death next 
morning; but I was difappointed. 
June 20. His countenance appeared 
rather more lively ; he {poke a little with 
great difficulty; andI could difcover a ve- 
ry languid pulfation at his wrifts. I fnip- 
ped the veficles on his feet and legs, and 
made feveral fmall punctures witha com- 
mon lancet into, the moft depending parts 
of the /crotum: There was a confiderable 
difcharge of a bloody-coloured /erum from 
the veficles; but the difcharge from the 
punctures in the /crotum was clear and 
pellucid. Iordered warm ftupes wrung 
out of ahot aromatic decoction to be al- 
ternately applied to his /crotum and legs ; 
and he got a large fpoonful of the julap. 
diuret. Pharmacop. Paup. every two hours, 
with wine and water for his ordinary 
drink. 
21. THERE was a confiderable 
quantity of water difcharged by the punc- 
tures zn /croto, the fize of which was fen- 
fibly ‘leflened ; but there came nothing 
from 
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