NATURAL 
Q. 10th, ‘‘ What is the general 
state of his bowels ? 
__ A. * No purging, nor any pain in 
his bowels. 
~ Q@. 11th. “Is he the only one of 
his family who bas been remarkable 
for this excessive thirst ? 
Fas. YES, 
“© The man adds, that he has con- 
sulted several medical gentlemen 
about his complaint, but has not been 
able to get any thing that could in 
the least relieve him. 
* On Sunday, the 18th instant, at 
two o'clock, he ate a hearty dinner 
of roast beef with my servauts, and 
drank a quart cr more of beer. 
Contrary to his promise, he went 
home as socn as dinner was over, 
but returned about five, when I 
ordered him into the room where I 
was sitting, and he drank a quart of 
water at a draught, and very greed- 
ily. He said he had drank three 
times whilst absent. 
“* At eight o'clock he supped, and 
‘drank a quart of small beer. 
“At nine o’clock he went to 
bed. , . 
“Mr. Beal promised to watch 
‘him all night. 
“ At half past nine I went over 
_to Mr. Beal’s to settle the plan of 
Management, his house being at a 
little distance from mine. It was 
agreed that no water should be left in 
Read’s bed-room, but that it should 
be set ready in a room below, to be 
earried to him at a quart at a time 
in the night. 
“The next morning (Monday) at 
eight o'clock, I found him at break- 
fast. Mr. Beal informed me that 
he had carried him the water him- 
‘self, and that at ten o'clock (the 
night before) he had drank a quart; 
-at eleven o'clock, another quart; at 
‘twelve o'clock, another quart; at 
3” 
HISTORY. 
near three (Monday morning) ano- 
other quart (al! which he drank 
most greedily, and each at a single 
draught); between four and five 
o'clock, another quart, except a little 
left in the mug; at near six, ano- 
ther quart was carried to him, but of 
this he left about half. 
“* A servant-boy who slept with 
him, says he drank the remainder 
of the last quart after Mr. Beal left 
him. 
“The patient himself says he 
drank a seventh quart as soon as he 
got up, whilst Mr. Beal was employ- 
ed in the yard. 
“I found him, as I just now 
mentioned, at breakfast, in the kit- 
chen, eating heartily of milk with 
bread crumbed in it. He observed 
to me that he prefers milk to cold 
meat or any thing else; that he 
was not more thirsty last night than 
usual, and thinks he usualiy drinks 
as much every night; but that 
never having had his liquor mea- 
sured to him before, he could not 
speak with certainty in the account 
he gave. 
“1 examined the water made by 
him in the night. There appeared 
to be between five and six quarts of 
it, and it shewed no appearance of 
sediment. 
“© At nine o'clock the man had 
finished his breakfast, having ate 
a quart of milk and bread, and some 
cold meat after it, and drank two 
quarts of small beer, except about a 
gill which we found left in the bot- 
tom of the last jug. 
“ The facts being thus ascertain- 
ed without a possibility of doubt, I 
did not think it necessary to detain 
him any longer; and, for my own 
part, I believe all he says on the 
subject.” 
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