4o6 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



ordered hirn to drink a quart of faflafras 

 tea in the day. The pills, after fome days, 

 caufed a very bad tafte in his mouth, 

 made his gums very fore, and threw him 

 into a falivation ; and, after fome weeks, 

 the fymptoms went off, and he was 

 thought to ht well ; but the diforder 

 fbon broke out a freih: He then had o- 

 ther medicines, and continued under this 

 furgeon's care for above twelve months ; 

 during which time, the ulcers often feemed 

 to heal, but broke out again always in a few 

 days, till, at laft, thofe in his throat got 

 well J but thofe in his tongue became more 

 numerous ; and the tongue began to 

 grow hard, and to thicken on its fides, 

 and more in the right than in the left fide; 

 and it became very uneafy to him to 

 move his tongue. 



In that fituation, he applied to another 

 furgeon, who, after giving him medi- 

 cines for about a fortnight, and finding 

 his complaints grow daily worfe, brought 

 him to me to have my advice, on the 2d 

 Odiober 1765. At this time, his tongue 



was 



