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and extremities ; he had an unfteadinefs and 

 lafiitude in his joints, particularly of the knees 

 and ancles, with an irritable twitching of the 

 tendons, which feemed to deprive him of the 

 power of v^ alking ; and he thought that in 

 all his limbs he perceived an evident inter- 

 ruption to the circulation of the blood. A 

 giddinefs was the next fymptom, which was 

 not accompanied with a naufea. His eyes 

 became watery, and he could not fee dif- 

 tindly ; a kind of humming noife in his ears 

 continually difturbed him, until he was re- 

 duced to the ftate of infenfibility before de- 

 fcfibed. 



Before Mr. Bacon's arrival, fome of his 

 friends, believing he had been poifoned, had 

 forced down fome oil and water, and after- 

 ward fome carduus tea, in confequence of 

 which, the ftomach threw up its contents; 

 but notwithflanding this precaution, the 

 fymptoms increafed. 



Mr. Bacon, by the repetition of carduus 

 tea, &c. encouraged the vomiting, and in the 

 intervals adminiftered fome fpoonfuls of a 

 ftimulating cordial medicine. After fome 



time 



