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other piece of inteftine, when the common 

 inflammation of the inteftine often kills foon 

 thofe it attacks ; of which I could give nu- 

 merous examples, but fliall relate only one. 

 A Gentleman of weak nerves, and fubjed: to 



Jiatas^ndi pain in his ftomach, was feized with 

 a colic-pain about ten o''clock at night, for 

 which he fwallowed a fmall quantity of an 

 ar<ient fpirit. At three in the morning, 

 twelve or fourteen ounces of blood were let 

 from a vein in his arm, and a laxative cly- 



- fter was injeded, and operated welL At 

 eleven that forenoon I firfl: favv him, when 

 his friends thought him much better, being 

 free of pain ; but as his belly was greatly 

 fwelled and very tenfe, his pulfe quick, fmall 

 and intermitting, his eyes languid, his coun- 

 tenance faded, and a cold clammy fweat was 

 over all his body, I made the progtiofis of 

 his having very few hours to live. He 

 died before five of the afternoon, fo that his 

 difeafe killed him in eighteen hours 3 and I 

 have heard of others who died in lefs than 

 twelve hours after the firft appearance of 



inflammation. 



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