ii8 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



About the middle of lafl: February, I 

 happened to me-t with her mother, and 

 aflied about her daughter's health ; (he 

 told me, fhe was much in the old way, 

 full of complaints, and never altered iincc 

 June 1760, almofl four years. I advifed 

 her to take Mifs to the Royal Infirmary, 

 and try what ele(5lrifying her would do. 

 She went accordingly about five in the 

 afternoon, on the 17th of February, and 

 received nine fmart flrokes of electricity 

 on the ancles, which made her ftart a little. 

 In returning home, Ihe complained of a 

 pain in her ancles, and about eight in the 

 evening, the menfes plainly appeared, and 

 continued flowing for three days in as 

 great a quantity as ever. 



I defired her not to be eledlrified again, 

 till the next period was pad, and that, if 

 nothing happened, fhe was then to be e- 

 leiflrified ; but, in twenty-feven days, fhe 

 had hfer menjiruae again, and in the ufual 1 

 quantity. 



Her health and fpirits have been bet- 

 ter ever fince, and fhe is growing fat. 



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