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Spitting of blood j of this he had feveral 

 returns, but got quite free of the diforder 

 by the end of autumn, after having been 

 two or three months at Briftol. It was 

 doubtful whether the chief part; of the 

 cure was to be afcribed to thofe waters, 

 or to the revulfion made by repeated 

 bleedings, or to a fpare and cool diet, to" 

 riding, and the ftfengthening quality of 

 the bark, which at firft had no effevfl as art 

 aftringent. It was remarkable, that, from 

 the time the patient left Briftol, he not only- 

 had no return of the haemoptoe, but none 

 of the gravel ; though^ from certain fen- 

 fations, he ftill fufpeded the foundnefs of 

 the left kidney, and therefore would ne- 

 ver lie on that fide, in order to keep it the 

 cooler. After leaving the wells, he con- 

 tinued to drink every morning, fafting^ 

 and every night at bed time, about half 

 a pint of Briftol water, aired, with about 

 an ounce of Minorca honey diifolved in 

 it. One of his old fervants told me, that 

 he believed his mafter had not for one day 

 intermitted this draught, from the time 

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