PHYSICAI; ANi> LITERAftt.^ 2§f 



Art. XIV. 



^/i ohjlinafe l)sjhitery cured by Lime-Water ; 

 ^)' James Grainger M, D. Phyficianat 

 London '''. 



• ' — Arfdafe, a ftout, - middle aged, but 



intemoerate foldier, was fefeed No'uember 

 175 1 with fhivefing and other fymptoms that 

 precede an accute diforder. The day fol- 

 lowing, he went frequently to flool, and e- 

 vacuated blood to the quantity of a gill every 

 quarter of an hour. Tho' the fever was in- 

 Conliderable, yet, as he "(V^-^ of a fanguirie ha- 

 tit, the lancet was not fpared. He fwallow- 

 ed fome ipecacuan vomits ; v<ras gently pur- 

 gei every third day with rhubarb ; and had 

 fmall quantities of ophm at bed- time to hin- 

 der his rifing in the night. The third week 

 his fundament came down, attended with 

 but little pain, unlefs when he went to ftcol. 

 This fymptom, however, was timeoufly re- 

 moved by fomentations of a deccxftioti of oak- 

 bark. 'December ; his flools, tho' !efs frequent^ 

 were mixed with blood and nmcm. Then 

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'-•* May 3. 1753. 



