SoS ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



emol. laxative gly fters, alfo fmall draughts' 

 of/pir, mindct\ andyi^/. «//r? diflolved into 

 water-gruel for his ordinary drink; ia 

 fhort, I kept him ftridly to the antiphlo- 

 gtflic courfe, both in medicines and diet. 

 Stupes wrung out of oxycrate were laid 

 over the injured parts, and then a ban- 

 dage was applied gently tight around the 

 bcdy. 



He could by no means lie in bed ; for, 

 in whatever poflure he wae put, his bread 

 gave him fo great pain, that he could nots 

 endure it : He was therefore placed in an; 

 eafy chair, with his body inclining gen' 

 tly forwards, and another chair ifet be- 

 fore, with pillows on it for him to reft' 

 his head on. This pofture he was kept 

 in moftly for ten days j about the end of 

 which time the fever and fpitting of blood 

 began to abate, and the violent pain be- 

 came rather eafier ; but the grating noife 

 of the fradured bones was much the fame 

 as at firft. 



He had a pretty fevere cough for foms 

 t4me before he got this fradure j but, 



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