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lowing, and fometimcs awaked her with 

 a fenfe of fufFocation- Under thefe cir- 

 cumftances, I prefcribed her the fame de- 

 codion of the bark, with the confeSiia 

 japonica; of which ihe took, at firit, a- 

 bout an ounce and a half four times a 

 day : But, obferving the aphthous cruft 

 to- increafe, and not only to cover her 

 tongue, but alfo to fpread on the infide 

 of her lips and cheeks, and that the dif- 

 ficulty of fwallowing and fpafms in her 

 gullet continued, I ordered the fame 

 quantity to be taken fix times in the 

 twenty four hours. After ufing it for 

 ten Qf twelve days, the aphthae on the 

 lips, cheeks, and other parts, began to 

 fall off; and, in lefs than three weeks, 

 they were quite gone, as well as the dif- 

 ficulty in fwallowing, and burning heat 

 in the ftomach. From this time, ihe 

 gradually recovered her ftrength j and 

 ihe is now in perfedt health. 



During the laft fifteen days of ufing 

 the deco6lion, fhe was generally coftive ; 

 on which account I leflened the quanti- 

 ty cf the confe^iio japonica^ and ordered, 



once 



