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the milder purgatives, with calomel. ; and 

 when the fwelling of his fundament was re- 

 ' moved hy fulphur and emollient, difcutient 

 applications, they became highly ufeful. In 

 the 4th month, the region of the ftomach 

 fwclled, with rednefs of his face, efpecially 

 after food, and continued for fix months, al- 

 tho' its removal was attempted by bitterS ; 

 and the bark (cautioufly combined with pur- 

 gatives), mulled claret, and camomile tea, 

 while proper external applications were not 

 forgotten. April and May., the haemorroids 

 and dyfury left him ; but his ftools became 

 thinner, .more acrid, and intollerably fetid. 

 Then he was feized with a hiccup, his face 

 looked ghaflly, his extremities turned .cold, 

 his pulfe became quick, fmall, irregular, and 

 his gripes were rather abated. Evacuations 

 in thefe deplorable circumftances were im- 

 proper, but finapifms were applied to the foles 

 of his feet ; and epifpaftics to the region of 

 the ftomach with fome fuccefs. A bolus of 

 bark, caftor, and camphire was given every 

 third hour, and wafhed down with a glafs of 

 mulled claret j his guts too were fomented 

 with anodyne, emollient, and antifeptic cly- 

 sters. 3y thefe, his deadly fymptoms left 



him. 



