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tvill recolleft that the late Dr. Brown fuffereJ^ 

 rn a very acute degree, by accompanying two' 

 forei-^ners of diftindion into the duke of Bridge- 

 water's works, at Worfley. It happened they 

 were the firft, who entered the tunnel, on that 

 day. The candles, which they carried with 

 them, were obfefved to burn very dimly; but 

 neither the paffengers nor the boatmen experi- 

 enced any difBculty ia refpiration. After remain- 

 ing in the coal pits a confiderable time, they pro- 

 ceeded to Warrington; where Dr. Brown was 

 attacked with violent pains, which fhifted fud- 

 denly from one part of his body to another. 

 Small purple fpots overfprcad his ikin ; his 

 throat became fo tum^efied as to render fwallow- 

 in<y difficult; and great proRratron of ftrength, 

 with a low fever enfued. The dodlor was fub- 

 jefl to the anomalous gout, had once a para- 

 lytic complaint of long continuance, and hence 

 we may conclude that his nervous fyftem v/aa 

 endued with peculiar irritability. He was not, 

 however, the fole fufferer ; for one of the fo- 

 reioners was affected with fimilar petechije, but 

 attended with little pain or diforder. 



Laft year a general alarm was fpread, in this 

 neighbourhood, concerning the danger, arifing 

 from the noifome effluvia of certain cotton works, 

 to all employed, or who had communication 

 with thofe employed in them. But the good 

 fenfe and humanity of the proprietors, aided 



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