558 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



ventured to walk with the alljflance of 



ftilts. 



On February 27th, he was feized with 



a tremor of his whole body, attended 



with frequent yawning, and a quick and 



full, but intermitting pulfe. 



On March ift, his jaw§ felt ftiff, and, 

 a few hours after that, were locked fo faft 

 together, that he could not feparate hie 

 fore teeth above one eighth of an inch 

 from each other ; and his lips -vfrere 

 drawn clofe to his teeth. 



He, at the fame time, complained of 

 great pain in his neck and back, and a- 

 round the lower part of his cheft j and 

 fweated profufely, Without relief. 

 ' On March 2d, his head was drawn 

 back with great force, and the riiufcles 

 of the whole trunk of his body became 

 rigid. His legs and arms were likewife 

 afTecSled in a fimilar way ; but in a lefa 

 violent degree. Befides a general rigidi- 

 ty of the mufcles, he was greatly diftref^ 

 fed with frequent and very painful ftarc- 

 ings of them. 

 •• These 



