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ter four or five years, he came to have a 

 ^c of it once every year, and it lafted 

 longer, contining him commonly fix 

 weeks, or two months at a time. The 

 lall fit he had was in the autumn of 

 I'. 61. In January 1762, I advifed him 

 to try lime-water, with a view to lefTen 

 or remove his gout. He accordingly 

 began to ufe it at that time, and, ever 

 fince, he has not had the fmallefl return 

 of the gout. His method of taking it is fin- 

 gular J for, about an hour after his break- 

 faft, (which is always of bread and milk), 

 he drinks off an Engliili quart of linie wa- 

 ter in the fpace of a minute, or even lefs. 

 It never made himfick, or difagreed vich 

 his ftomach ; but ^t always purges him 

 two or three times before or after din- 

 ner. Lately, when it was like to lofe its 

 laxative quality, I ordered him to drink 

 four ounces of it more than his ufual 

 quart ; fince which it purges him as well 

 ^s formerly. Ever fince he began to ufe 

 the lime-water, he has not only had no 

 fit of the gout, but has likewife kept free 

 of every other ailment. 



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