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raife the falivation very flowly ; and when 

 once raifed to the quantity of lib. iii. or 

 lib. iv. in a day, to keep it up at that rate, 

 by now and then dropping in a bolus, 

 for two months at leaft ; and, at the fame 

 time, to anoint the node on his fliin-bone 

 with ung. mercurial. &c. I followed his 

 direclions puncSlually ; and, indeed, all 

 the fymptoms went gradually off, except 

 the forementioned node, which was little 

 or nothing altered, only he felt no pain 

 in it : I was then ordered to give him the 

 p'll, JEtbif)pic\ and decoB, lignor. after the 

 life of which, for above a month, he be- 

 gan to feel fome flinging pains in the 

 node, and even through the whole leg, 

 which daily increafed. I had read the 

 hillory of your alterative pills fome time 

 before : And, judging they- might be 

 more forcible than the/'//. jEibiopic. in re- 

 moving thefe fymptoms, and the remains 

 of the diftemper, I hinted the fame to 

 the Doclor, and he chearfully agreed to 

 ufe the one in place of the other. I fliall 

 here obferve that the firft falivation was 

 raifed with /crup, iv, of merc» dulc^ and 



that 



