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fi-om the nofe, mouth, ears, eyes, and from 

 the parts which were bliftered with: cantha- 

 rides. Nay, in the year 1739 or 1745, there 

 was one or two inftances of an haemor- 

 rhage from the fkin, without any apparent 

 pundure or lofs of any part of the fcarf-fkin. 



17. An obftinate cojii-venefs continued in 

 fome J in others, the ftools were frequent 

 and loofe ; in fome, they were black, H- 

 quid, large and greatly fatiguing j in others, 

 when the ftools were moderate, even tho' 

 they were black, they gave great relief 5 in 

 others again, the flools nearly refembled tar 

 in fmoothnefs, tenacity, colour and con- 

 iiftence. 



18. The urine was difcharged in a. large 

 quantity, in proportion to the drink retain- 

 ed by the patient : it was pale if the patient 

 was not yellow ; but if yellow, then it was 

 of a deep faffron-colour ; in either cafe, it had 

 a fediment, or at leaft a large cloud, which 

 remained at the bottom of the glafs ; in 

 fome, it was very turbid, in others, it was 

 bloody, and the quantity of blood difcharged 

 with the urine bore always fome proportion to 

 the flate of the pulfe \ when that became 

 fuller, the quantity of blood in the urine was 



diminiflied : 



