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what may feem ftrange, it then almoft 

 entirely left him, although it might na- 

 turally have been expelled that it would 

 become more frequent, from the addi- 

 tional obftruclion given to the paflage of 

 the blood, &c. through the lungs. Does 

 not this illuftrate the obfervation of Hip- 

 pocrates, that a greater pain deftroys, in 

 a confiderable degree, the feeling of a 

 lefTer one ? for I have often, during thefe 

 firft ten days, feen him almoft chocked 

 ■with defluxion ; and, when ever he at- 

 tempted to cough, he ufed to mutter out, 

 for he was fcarce able to fpeak articulate- 

 ly, that the pain went to his heart. But 

 now, the pain being a little relieved, the 

 cough became very troublefome, and 

 made the tractured bones crack fo on 

 one another, that he ufed to fay there 

 was fomething breaking within him, and 

 made, at times, the pain return with vio- 

 lence ; all which made anodynes neceffary 

 to procure him a little eafe. 



About this time, i-iz. ten days after 

 he met with this misfortune, we began 



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