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ed ; and a tumour was formed in the 

 lower part of the belly, under the refti 

 and pyramidal mafcles. When I firfl: 

 faw him, it was as large as an ordinary 

 man's fid ; felt hard like a firm fiefliy 

 fabdance, and reached almoft as high as 

 the navel ; but was not at all painful. 

 For the moil part, he pafTed his urine in- 

 voluntarily, limpid, and in great quanti- 

 ty, fo as to give fufpicion of a diabetes* 

 Theie were accompanied with a flow {q- 

 ver, foul tongue, and lofs of flelh and 

 ftrength. What was thoiight proper 

 in regard to the tumour had been for- 

 merly advifed ; and now fbme things 

 were direded with a view to the fever ; 

 but, none of chele availing, he uled the 

 mercurial pill, winch made him Ipit a 

 good deal. l he tumour yielded; and, 

 in the Ipace of two or thr-^e months, al- 

 together went of. To compleat the cure 

 every way^ he undertook a long journey, 

 drank Briftol water upon the Ipot, and 

 returned in all refpedls well. 



After five years .of uninterrupted 

 health, having rode in bad weather, and 



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