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fuffered much from his journey, being brought. 
eight miles in an open cart. I perceived at this 
time (half paft fix, Friday. evening) that his 
countenance expreffed the utmoft anxiety; his 
breathing was laborious and interrupted; and 
he complained of a dull pain, fhooting from 
the arms towards the precordia and region of 
the ftomach. A livid palenefs overfpread his 
face ; the features were much contracted ; and 
the temples moiftened with a clammy f{weat. 
He fuffered greatly from exceflive thirft, and 
drynefs of the mouth and fauces.* 
An unufual flow of vifcid faliva occafioned — 
him to fpit out frequently. He complained of 
a remarkably fetid tafte in his mouth, and a 
loathfome fmell in: his noftrils’ He ate fome 
bread and butter, at his own requeft, but with 
great difficulty, as he was obliged to throw his 
head backward, in order to favour the defcent 
ot the morfel down the gullet. He was re- 
quefted to wafh down this folid food, with fome 
liquid; and he expreffed a readinefs to make 
the trial. On receiving a bafon of buttermilk, 
| he 
* We now examined the part that had been bitten, and 
difcovered a flight cicatrix, almoft obliterated, upon the 
origin of the Tendo Achillis of the left leg. He had never 
fuffered any pain, nor complained of the flighteft uneafi- 
nefs, in that or the neighbouring parts, fince the wound 
healed, No alteration in the colour of the fkin was. 
perceptible, 
