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fo fail, that in fome, the whole breaft and 

 neck appeared livid ; the heart palpitated 

 ftrongly -, the heat about the pracordia in- 

 creafed much j the refpiration became dif- 

 ficult, with frequent fighing; the patient 

 now became anxious, and extremely reftlefs j 

 the fweat flowed from the face, neck, and 

 breaft 3 blood flowed from the mouth, or 

 nofe or ears, and in feme, from all thofe 

 parts at once ; the deglutition became dif- 

 ficult ; the hiccoughs and juhfultm of the 

 tendons came on, and were frequent ; the 

 patients trifled with their fingers, and picked 

 the naps of the bed-cloaths ; they grew co- 

 matous, or were confl:antly delirious. In 

 this terrible ftate, fome continued eight, ten 

 or twelve hours before they died, even after 

 they had been fo long fpeechlefs, and with- 

 out any perceptible pulfation of the arteries 

 in the wrifls ; whereas, in all other acute 

 difeafes, after the pulfe in the wrifls ceafes, 

 death follows immediately. When the dif- 

 eafe was very acute, violent convuUions feized 

 the unhappy patient, and quickly brought this 

 jiadium to its fatal end. After death, the li- 

 vid blotches 'increafed faft, efpecially about 

 the face, breaft, and neck, and the putre- 



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