£04 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



no ficknefs at his ftornach, but his appe- 

 tite was quite gone. 



Though the patient had been blood- 

 ed twice before, yet we judged it proper 

 to take aw;iy feven qr eight ouuces more 

 of blood, which, like the former, was ve- 

 ry fizy. Bat, as none of thefe evacua- 

 tions relieved him, and as he grew daily 

 weaker, the bleeding was not further 

 tried. Upon the firft attack of the hic- 

 cup, he took fome mullc, which having 

 no efFecl, we fufpedled that this fymptom 

 might be occafioned by a large quantity 

 of acids, which the patient had ufed for 

 fome time before; and therefore we at- 

 tempted to remove that fliarpnefs by ab- 

 forbents, which likewife proved ineflPeftu* 

 al. We then repeated the muflc in fuch 

 large dofes, that he fwallowed three 

 drachms in twenty-four hours, but with 

 no better fuccefs. Opiates were not o- 

 mitted. and, both on account of the hic- 

 cup, and in order to procure Heep, lauda- 

 num was given firft in fmaller doles; but, 

 on the 30Ch, (the fourth day after I was 



called] 



