47^ ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



incautioufly changed his cloaths, he was 

 feized with a ftrangury and a total reten- 

 tion of urine, but without any fymptoms 

 of fever. Two days fpent in the ufe of 

 common remedies brought no relief. 

 The bladder was now much tumified and 

 painful. He loathed medicines, and re- 

 fufed them. The mercurial pill was gi- 

 ven every night. After a fecond or third 

 dole, the pain began to abate, and the u- 

 rine to come away dripping, at lad pret- 

 ty freely, but involuntarily. By degrees, 

 he became free of all pain; but the tu- 

 mour remained. Though various acci- 

 dents, as well as the difeafe itfclf, had 

 brought him into circumdances of great 

 diftrefs and danger, nature feeming to de- 

 cline fafl, he returned in three months to 

 his houle in a pretty good ftate of gene- 

 ral health. Here he indulged himlelf in 

 walking, often in \ et grounds, or cold 

 weather ; and fometimes had a return of 

 flrangury. A dread of all food or drink, 

 that he appreh°nded might increafe his 

 illncls, betrayed him into a ncgleff of 



diet, 



