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the gripes feizedhim in good earneft, fome- 

 times fixed and torturing like a ftitch in the 

 baftard ribs, at other times wandering with 

 borborygmiy now as it were twifling his guts, 

 then cutting him in two, as he exprefled it, 

 and bending him forward. They were al- 

 ways moft fevere before ftool, eafier in the 

 time of evacuation, but eafieft after. With 

 thefe fymptoms were complicated a dyfury 

 and piles, greatly inflamed, but bleeding 

 none. Thefe difmal complaints continued 

 almoft equally violent for three months, altho' 

 V. S. emetics, vitr. ajitimon. cerat. mild an- 

 tiphlogiftic purgatives, opiates, lubricating and 

 aftringent remedies were ufed, as the fym- 

 ptoms indicated. Opiates, tho' they eafed 

 him, feldom procured undifturbed repofe, and 

 always affeded his head j this confequence 

 of laud, was more efFe6tually prevented by 

 half, locatel. than any thing elfe. Vomits 

 always relieved him, but increafed the pain 

 of the haemorroids. Aftringents, tho' they 

 bound him up for a little time, moft gene- 

 rally brought on afterwards a more frequent 

 inclination to ftool, with increafed tormina. 

 Clyfters were impradticable on account of the 

 piles, but he found confiderable fervice from 



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