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cafe of G. H. This is only to be obfer- 

 ved, when the flomach is otherwife emp- 

 ty ; becaufe, if either food or medicines 

 have been taken foon before, its appear- 

 ance will, of courfe, be prevented ; And 

 this may be the reafon why Mufgrave, 

 and other authors, have not taken notice 

 of it. Belides, I do not fay that the vo- 

 miting is always of that kind ; as I have 

 feen it of a different kind myfelf. How- 

 ever, if it fiiall be found to be commonly 

 the cafe, I think I may fet down this kind 

 of vomiting as another diagnoltic figa of 

 the arthritis anomala imperfe^a. 



m. 



In relating the cafe of L. M. I hav^ 

 taken notice of what I think a new fpe- 

 cies of the arthritis anomala. and which 

 may be referred to both the perfedla and 

 imperfedla, 'viz, x\\q gonorrhoea artkritica. 

 }f that gentleman's difeafe had been of 



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