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perly prepared for it ; but that was fel- 

 dom. In general, it feemed to anfwer 

 beft, when there was a languid circula- 

 tion and a flow pulfe. 



In fhort, the obfl:ru<5lion of the menfes is 

 the difeafe, of any that I have found, e- 

 ledlricity anfwers beft in, except the oph" 

 thalmia. For, in the ophthalmia, after 

 one bleeding and perhaps a dofe of phy- 

 fic, I have often feen it cure, or at leaft 

 be of great fervice. In bad cafes, I com- 

 monly make that bleeding from the tem- 

 poral arteries either by leeches or by the 

 lancet. 



Edin. Sept. 6. 

 1764. 



