4^0 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



had never been fubjeviT: to any difeafe, ex- 

 cept reve. ilh colds, and likcwife a paia 

 of her fide which. was thought to be ner- 

 vous : She had alio been lubjed: to amb- 

 derate degree bf the fluor albiis. Several 

 of her neareli i ehitioos had been gouty ; 

 tho* neither her father or mother were foi 

 She was ieized in the fprinjj; with a fwel- 

 ling of one of her great toes, not difco* 

 loured, but painful when ihe walked ; 

 and (he knew nothing that had given oc- 

 cafion to it. I adviled her not to apply 

 repellents or iti-cngcheners to it, for fear 

 of its beuig the gout. She accordingly 

 did nothing with it for fome months, till 

 at laft, being tired of confinement from 

 fo trifling an ailment, ilie applied fpirit 

 of wine to the toe. It loon removed the 

 fwelliiig ; but, upon that, her health grew 

 worfe, and the pain afterwards went in- 

 to her back: Her healh had been better 

 than commpn from the time her toe firft 

 fwelled. She bore with a pain in her 

 back for fome time , becaufe, I advifed 

 her not to meddle with' it, till Ifhould fee 



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