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going out before the gout had thorough- 

 ly left his feet and hands, and having 

 got cold, befides having eat fo as to oc- 

 cafion an indigeftion, the cramps in his 

 bowels returned ; and, notwi!thftanding 

 the ufe of the hemlock, they continued 

 for fome time, fo as that he was obliged 

 to have recourfe to large dofes of lauda- 

 num and fpirit of harrfliorn, as former- 

 ly, and likewife to vomiting with warm 

 water, upon which the glairy iluff men- 

 tioned before appeared in as great quan- 

 tities as ever. As long as I knew any 

 thing about him, he never had any re- 

 turn of the ftoppage of urine, except two 

 days during the time of his relapfe ; on 

 which two days he happened, by acci- 

 dent, to omit the ufe of the hemlock. 



A gentleman, L. M. aged about thirty, 

 feveral of whole neareft relations had 

 been gouty, was, for feveral years, fub- 

 ject to dilbrders and pains of his Ifo- 

 piach, efpecially in fpring and autumn; 

 and having tried a variety of medicines 

 without relief, confulted me about his 

 complaints. Upon queltioning him, I 



found 



