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Before one enters upon a courfe of 

 the water, it will be proper to cleanfe the 

 prime vie, by an emetic and a gentle 

 purge or two ; unlefs forbid by fome par- 

 ticular 



grofs matter. In the begmning of Febraarjr, the fpit- 

 ling was fo extremely tcEcid aad ill-:afted, that it made 

 her often vomit : She frequently walLed her mouth with 

 fait and watery but Hill felt a tafte and fmsi! which fli8 

 thought .refembled that of ftinking flela : She now be- 

 came very weak and emaciated ; had heAic fits and 

 night-fweats : Which fyrapcoms continued increafing 

 till the middle of April; about which time (having tried 

 no medicines before) fhe began to drink the Hartfell 

 fpaw, to the quantity of halt an Englifh pint every 

 morning.. She had fcarcely ufed it a week, when her 

 breathing became much ealier : After a fortnight, the 

 {pitting loft the foetid fmell and ill tafte ; and, in three 

 weeks, fiie was perfectly free of the pain of her breaft, 

 «ough, fpltting, difficulty of breathing, heiSlic fits, and 

 morning fweats : And has continued ever fince in good 

 health. 



2. Mrs Halliday in Barntympan, aged 28, of a ple- 

 thoric habit, complained, in the beginning of September 

 17 JO, of a pain under the upper part of her breaft-bone, 

 which frequently darted to the point of her right Ihoul- 

 der ; a pain in her head and neck ; her breathing was 

 not quite free, and flie could not He upon her right fide. 

 About the middle of Oftober, fhe began to fpit florid 

 blood, which continued three weeks, at the rate of a 



fpoonful 



