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much fatigued, fat down to reft himfelf ; 

 and, having accidentally put his hand on 

 his thigh, perceived an uncommon beat- 

 ing in the part, and fhewed it to fome of 

 his neighbours ; but thought of it no 

 more till fome time after that he felt 

 an uneafinefs, and perceived a fmall fwel- 

 ling, and a ftrong pulfation in the part. 

 The fwelling did not increafe much for 

 five months after ; but, about the end of 

 February, or beginning of March 1765, 

 it began to increafe very faft. In the be- 

 ginning of April, he came to town ; the 

 fwelling was then as large as a hen's Ggg, 

 had the feel of a circumfcribed tumour, 

 and fuch a ftrong pulfation, as pointed it 

 out to be a true aneurifm of the femoral 

 artery, at the part where it begins to fink 

 among the mufcles to get behind into the 

 ham. 



Upon inquiring into the man*s hiflo- 

 ry, he told me, that he had long enjoyed 

 a good (late of health before he perceived 

 the throbbing in his thigh, and that he 

 was not fenfible of his having made any 



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