26o ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



him, he could fit up at the fire, and had 

 not above 12 ftools in the 24 hours, which 

 were however ftill ichorous. I could not 

 find from the nurfe that he ever paffed any 

 of the villous coat of the guts, tho' Jcybala 

 were frequently evacuated. About the end 

 pf May^ he was able to walk, round the ran-i- 

 jp^ivis of Fort-JVilliami and he told he thought 

 he would recover, were he fent from Loch- 

 aber. On this, he was carried, by water, 

 to the Ifle of Mull, being provided with pro- 

 per medicines to forward his recovery. 

 Here, tho' the hiccup and fades hippocratica 

 did not recur, yet his gripes did j and he 

 purged blood and worms almoft incefiantly. 

 The latter end of Jidy^ he was fent back to 

 the Fort a perfedt llceleton j where, tho' I 

 am convinced the air is inferior to that of 

 CajVe-Doivart in Mull, yet, as great care was 

 taken both of his diet and medicines, he paf-^ 

 fed no more worms, his gripes only feized 

 him at fi:ool, whither he went much more 

 feldom than formerly ; what he paffed now 

 appeared to be mucus mixed with pus and 

 frreaks of blood. Very fmall dofes of ipeca- 

 euan, viz. eight grains three times a day were 

 jhen adminiftrcd to him every third day ; 



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